Benefits

Benefits

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Parents’ child benefit not paid because of bank’s payment issues

Customers affected are encouraged to reach out to the bank

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DWP to assess whether housing benefit claimants are eligible for pension credit

Are you eligible for both?

Saving money with social tariffs

Low-income households ‘missing out on £2bn of financial support’

Citizens Advice warns of postcode lotteries in social tariffs.

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123,000 households hit by benefits cap

Renewed calls to scrap the cap

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Government taking steps to shorten PIP application wait times

DWP recruiting more case managers

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Government pledges to reduce benefit payment errors

New figures reveal extent of benefit overpayment problem

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‘No plans’ to change annual £10 Christmas payment

The benefits bonus has stayed at £10 since 1972.

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Nearly 800,000 eligible pensioners to miss out on winter fuel payment

Are you claiming the benefits you need to get the payment?

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Mark’s story: How cuts to winter fuel payments are leaving pensioners in the cold

Find out why Mark feels let down by Labour

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State pension set to rise by £460 in 2025

Next year's rise in the state pension set to be driven by wage growth