14 h. ago 11 changes that PIP recipients must report to DWP or risk losing benefit

Personal Independence Payments (PIP) is usually paid every four weeks, unless you are terminally ill, in which case you are paid every week

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2 d. ago People on PIP must report these changes to DWP or monthly payments could stop

PIP claimants may also have to pay a penalty if they give the DWP wrong information.

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4 d. ago DWP payment worth £441 could stop if you fail to report these changes

You could be entitled to Attendance Allowance if you are over state pension age and you need extra help or supervision because of a disability of illness

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6 d. ago 6 DWP PIP changes you must report to avoid losing your payments

The DWP is responsible for administering PIP in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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6 d. ago Full list of PIP changes that do not need to be reported to DWP

While PIP claimants have to report certain things, or risk DWP payments being stopped, some changes do not need to be flagged

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8 d. ago Pensions report cuts Reeves’ planned growth funds from £160bn to £11bn

Chancellor had anticipated surpluses from final salary schemes would boost investment in UK economyPlans to invest £160bn of surplus funds from final salary pension schemes to boost the UK economy over the next 10 years have been dealt a blow by a Whitehall assessment that found there was likely to be little more than £11bn available to spend.In a knock to Rachel Reeves’s growth agenda, a report by civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) found that the expected surpluses in occupational schemes would be used by businesses to offload their pension liabilities to insurance companies. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago People on PIP never need to report any of these six changes to the DWP

Not every change in circumstances will affect your entitlement to PIP or see payments paused.

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1 week ago New DWP fraud and error report finds people on PIP may be due more money

More than a tenth of all 3.7 million PIP claimants could be on the wrong level of award due to a change in their circumstances.

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2 w. ago I'm an A&E nurse and refused skinny jabs because of the side effects

With a BMI of almost 50, at 18st and a size 28, A&E nurse Rhianna Berry, 26, from Grantham, feared she was eating herself into an early grave, but didn't want to use slimming jabs.

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3 w. ago DWP says pensioners must report these changes to keep £440 a month payment

The 1.7 million Brits who claim Attendance Allowance must be aware of these rules or risk missing out on essential payments by not telling the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

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3 w. ago DWP warn millions to get PIP, UC and pension early – but could be left skint

Universal Credit (UC), State Pension, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Carer’s Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) recipients can all expect to be paid early this month

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3 w. ago Guardian journalists win Paul Foot award for carer’s allowance coverage

Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday honoured for their coverage of ‘enraging and heartbreaking’ DWP scandalThe Guardian journalists Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday have won the Paul Foot award for their coverage of how vulnerable British carers were taken to court for accidentally claiming the allowance alongside part-time work.The pair uncovered how carers were prosecuted even though many had tried to report their earnings to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Continue reading...

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3 w. ago DWP benefits warning as claimants must report any of 20 changes

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) supports around 23.7 million people with benefits across the UK - but many might not be aware of their obligation to declare any changes in circumstances

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