31 m. ago Money expert warns Brits to brace for 'huge' bill increases starting in 12 days

The National Minimum Wage is set to go up and apply to those over 23 on April 1st, along with an increase in benefits for those who claim

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17 h. ago What Labour’s welfare cuts mean for benefit claimants – and the other support available

Millions of people will be affected by the changes

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22 h. ago Universal Credit and PIP: government reveals major changes and reforms to health benefits

Big changes are coming to health benefits in the UK - what it means for claimants 🏥

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23 h. ago People making a new claim for Adult Disability Payment urged to include supporting information

New claims for the devolved disability benefit are currently taking an average of 42 working days from point of application to award decision to process.

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23 h. ago Benefits crackdown ‘to save £5bn by 2030’, claims Liz Kendall as disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’ – UK politics live

Work and pensions secretary says one in 10 people of working age are claiming sickness or disability benefitQ: Why have you changed your mind on this?Badenoch says she has not changed her mind. As a member of the government, she abided by collective responsibility. She says in government she regularly questioned the case for net zero.The person who’s been consistent in all this is me.I’m not going to pretend that I won’t have critics This is politics. Being a politician is about being criticised.What I’m asking people to do is listen to what I’m saying. I am not doing what all the other parties are doing. We are changing the way we do things.That’s not how it works. You can’t just pull [a date] out of the air. And what we did was pick a target and then start thinking of how to get there.We need to start thinking about it in a different way. How does this impact families? How is business going to help us deliver? And that’s what the policy commissions are going to do. Continue readin...

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23 h. ago Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off

Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPsUK politics live – latest updatesLiz Kendall, the welfare secretary, has faced down angry Labour MPs to unveil drastic cuts to the UK’s benefits system that will leave many sick and disabled claimants worse off.The measures, which the government argues are needed to “fix the broken benefits system” and balance the nation’s books, are expected to cut £5bn from the benefits bill by the end of the decade. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Liz Kendall says benefits system ‘holding our country back’ and claims plan to crack down on it will save £5bn by 2030 – UK politics live

Work and pensions secretary says one in 10 people of working age are claiming sickness or disability benefitQ: Why have you changed your mind on this?Badenoch says she has not changed her mind. As a member of the government, she abided by collective responsibility. She says in government she regularly questioned the case for net zero.The person who’s been consistent in all this is me.I’m not going to pretend that I won’t have critics This is politics. Being a politician is about being criticised.What I’m asking people to do is listen to what I’m saying. I am not doing what all the other parties are doing. We are changing the way we do things.That’s not how it works. You can’t just pull [a date] out of the air. And what we did was pick a target and then start thinking of how to get there.We need to start thinking about it in a different way. How does this impact families? How is business going to help us deliver? And that’s what the policy commissions are going to do. Continue readin...

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27 h. ago Ministers 'united' behind plans to cut welfare as 'too many' claim disability benefits permanently

Pat McFadden said the Government wanted people off work with mental health, depression and anxiety to be given support but not always financially

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31 h. ago DWP cuts unveiled today, including £5bn reduction and PIP overhaul

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall says reform is necessary, given the number of people in England and Wales claiming either sickness or disability benefit

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32 h. ago Parents and carers urged to check if they are missing DWP State Pension boost

Those who claimed Child Benefit or Income Support may be eligible to receive extra cash on their State Pension

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32 h. ago DWP shares new update on £5,000 compensation for 57,000 benefit claimants

According to the benefits department, tens of thousands of people are set to receive compensation payments potentially worth up to £5,000

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37 h. ago Government to unveil cuts to benefits amid backbench discontent

The number of people in England and Wales claiming either sickness or disability benefit has soared from 2.8 million to about 4.0 million since 2019.

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38 h. ago Brit mum 'being fed rats' in Thai jail says £2,000 benefit scrounging claims are false

A British TikToker who says she is being 'fed rats' in a hell-hole Thai prison has revealed that claims she scrounged £2,000 a month in benefits to live abroad are false

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46 h. ago What is happening with PIP? Potential changes and reforms to UK disability benefits payment claims

Big changes to disability benefits could be on the way 🤔

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47 h. ago How many people get benefits now and how does the total compare with 20 years ago?

The number of people claiming disability benefits for mental health problems has increased significantly since the pandemic

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49 h. ago Brit 'mum on the run' goes on hunger strike in 'hell on Earth' Thai prison where guards 'served her rat meat' after she was arrested while 'claiming UK benefits'

Ellis Matthews, 32, is being held in the Mothers and Children Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok with her four-year-old son Cairo.

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53 h. ago Brits have left £23bn in benefits unclaimed – here’s how to check if you’re eligible for childcare costs

Around £1.7bn is unclaimed in child benefits alone - make sure you’re requesting what you can

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54 h. ago Long Covid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? | Frances Ryan

Five years after the first lockdown, millions of lives are still being ruined by this debilitating disease. You wouldn’t know itImagine a disease that can render its sufferers bedbound for years. One that could take a marathon runner and leave them unable to walk to the toilet. Imagine that at least 2 million people in England and Scotland alone were affected to some degree, each with a mix of debilitating symptoms, from breathlessness to brain fog to multi-organ damage.Then imagine that there were no proven treatments for this life-changing illness, let alone a cure. In fact, patients are often told it’s all in their heads. Now imagine that more people are falling ill every day with the virus that causes this devastating disability – and that successive governments have abandoned almost every strategy to try to get to grips with it.Frances Ryan is a Guardian columnistIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans...

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62 h. ago Brit mum who bragged about claiming benefits abroad now in ‘hell’ jail with son, 4

TikTok star Ellis Matthews gained social media fame when she allegedly shared advice on how to claim benefits while living abroad - she has now said she was arrested

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63 h. ago Starmer to drive through welfare cuts that could affect UK’s most severely disabled

PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving more than 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse offKeir Starmer is to defy growing anger by driving through welfare cuts for some of the UK’s most severely disabled people, with an overhaul that could see more than 600,000 benefit claimants lose out on an average of £675 a month.Ministers are set to ditch plans to freeze personal independent payments (Pip) amid a backlash. But they will still tighten eligibility criteria for the benefit under big changes to be set out by the work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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