1 hour ago Winter Fuel Payment: Who is eligible and how much is the benefit worth?

The Prime Minister has announced plans to widen eligibility for the winter fuel payment, which was previously available to all UK residents above the state pension age of 66

Politics

21 h. ago Check for unclaimed cash over bank holiday to boost household income by up to £4,300

The bank holiday weekend is the perfect time to make sure you are not missing out on an income top-up.

Economics

43 h. ago Will you get YOUR winter fuel payment back? Government rethinks scrapping of popular benefit

The Government has U-turned on its axing of Winter Fuel Payments for most pensioners, but left everyone hanging on how or when it intends to implement this plan.

Politics

2 d. ago Over 40 with a bad back? Labour's coming for your benefits! Liz Kendall says welfare crackdown MUST go ahead despite revolt

Liz Kendall is to use a speech today to defend plans to tightening the eligibility criteria for the main disability benefit in England, the personal independence payment (Pip).

Politics

3 d. ago HMRC confirms exactly when parents will be handed £104 early payment

If you’re expecting a Child Benefit payment on the upcoming May bank holiday, then you should receive the money this Friday (May 23) instead

Economics

3 d. ago Steps to protect your PIP payments from DWP benefit changes starting next year

The DWP has set out proposed changes to eligibility and assessments for new and existing claimants.

Politics

4 d. ago Starmer and his allies spent so long attacking Labour’s left, they forgot how to govern | Owen Jones

Rehashing 20-year-old Blairite ideas that were stale then will inspire nobody. Britain is crying out for bold, transformative policy-makingJust why has Keir Starmer’s government proved such a catastrophe? This is a question that must be posed to his cheerleaders, or at least those who were at one time cheerleaders: the road from the last general election is lined with silently discarded pompoms. The idea here is not to rub their faces in a political project that is now both electorally toxic and morally bankrupt, but to determine what happens next.First off, the failure should be considered absolute. It is projected that a Labour government will drive more than a million Britons into – or more deeply into – poverty through an assault on disability benefits. The same government imposed hardship on many pensioners by stripping away the winter fuel payment, and it refuses to reverse the Tories’ two-child benefit cap, the UK’s biggest single generator of child poverty. Not content with ...

Events

6 d. ago HMRC warns parents over Child Benefit payments as deadline looms

The deadline applies to parents who are claiming Child Benefit with children aged 16 and are continuing in education or approved training, and parents are being urged to take action

Events

6 d. ago DWP changes to PIP could see 150,000 people lose out on benefit payments next year

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that a significant number of people will be affected by changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

Politics

7 d. ago Benefit payments: early Universal Credit, child, DWP, and housing payments ahead of Bank Holiday

Check your account a little sooner than usual as you could get paid early this May 👀

Economics

8 d. ago DWP PIP claimants could lose a second benefit in payment cuts

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to overhaul the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefit, which could see thousands of carers losing their entitlement to another payment

Politics

9 d. ago DWP issues update into PIP changes which could see thousands lose over £4,000 a year

The DWP has started its review into the controversial changes to the PIP benefit that could see thousands of disabled people lose payments

Economics

1 week ago HMRC warn parents to take action or face losing £1,354 yearly payment

The deadline to extend the benefit is fast approaching

Events

1 week ago 150,000 people will have benefit payments cut by DWP under PIP changes

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has put forward changes to PIP that will apply from November 2026

Politics

1 week ago DWP measures to prevent PIP benefit fraud of payments worth £750 a month

This year, the Labour government announced a major shake-up to the UK's main disability benefit, PIP, and shared further measures on how it would clamp down on fraud within the benefit system

Economics

1 week ago State pension and other DWP benefit payment dates set to change next week

The Spring bank holiday is observed across the UK, which means many payments due on May 26 will arrive on a different day

Economics

1 week ago DWP health benefit set to be cut for 150,000 people under new rules

The new rules will hit people who claim a DWP health benefit, with around 150,000 people set to see their payments cut or withdrawn altogether under the controversial changes

Politics

1 week ago Universal Credit claimants due pay rise from this week as major benefit change kicks in

Universal Credit is paid monthly in arrears, so the first round of benefit payments that will include the higher rates will be paid from this week

Politics

1 week ago Pensioners claiming new health benefit could get payment decision in one week

Pension Age Disability Payment has replaced all new claims for Attendance Allowance in Scotland.

Economics

2 w. ago Child Benefit payments could stop for thousands of parents in May

The benefit is worth £26.05 a week for your first child, then £17.25 for any additional children - but parents need to be aware of certain rules

Society