Benefits

Image of a mum with a baby looking worried about bills on her laptop. 500,000 parents didn't receive their child benefit payment today. Missing child benefit payment - find out when it'll be paid. Compensation for missing child benefit payment

Half a million parents didn’t receive their child benefit payment today – find out when it’ll be paid

HMRC has issued an update on missing child benefit payments. If yours is missing find out when you will get it and if you could claim compensation

Image of school children eating lunch at school. Lim Dems to offer all primary school children free food

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All primary school children to get free meals under Lib Dems

All primary school children would get free school meals under the Lib Dems. Find out about their policy and what support is currently available if you're a low income parent

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The Department for Work and Pensions will send ‘earnings alerts’ to carers

DWP to trial sending out alerts to carers who breech the earnings threshold to avoid another overpayment scandal

Illustrated image of a older woman looking concerned next to a piggy bank. Pension Triple Lock Plus. Conservatives pledge tax cuts for pensioners

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Conservatives pledge tax cut for pensioners

Pensioners to be £100 better off by the end of the year through the Conservative's 'Triple Lock Plus' pledge. Find out what it means for your pension

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Three-week warning for housing benefit claimants

If you currently receive housing benefit, you've got just three weeks left before the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) makes a big change to your claim.

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Parents to get cash to help with May half-term costs

Families receiving free school meals are also entitled to food vouchers to help towards the cost of the May school holidays

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What the government’s new welfare reforms mean for you

If you’re currently unemployed, you could find yourself being forced to work under welfare reforms. Read on to see how the government’s new plans may affect you and any benefits you receive.

Illustration of a disabled benefit claimant at a DWP health assessment

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DWP may have broken the law in its treatment of disabled benefit claimants

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is investigating whether the Department for Work and Pensions has broken the law in its treatment of disabled benefit claimants. Find out what will happen now.

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Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would be popular with voters

Voters have indicated they would back a party that pledged to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Find out what the cap is and when exceptions are made to the two-child limit.

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Recent trial shows how monitoring benefit claimants’ bank accounts might work

Find out how monitoring benefit claimants' bank accounts is likely to work if new legislation gets passed and what DWP will be looking for.