15 h. ago DWP PIP payments could unlock extra benefits for health issues and disabilities

But the DWP says you need to confirm eligibility

Politics

63 h. ago DWP confirms full list of 178 medical conditions that qualify for up to £749

The most recent government data, published last week, shows there are currently 3,744,671 PIP claims in the UK as of April 2025.

Economics

3 d. ago Winter Fuel Payment: DWP confirms pensioner groups who don't get 2025 heating allowance payments

Some pensioners could miss out on vital winter support 💷

Economics

3 d. ago From bank robber to scholar: the Knoxville dropout fighting to change how we see addiction

Kirsten Smith was 19 when she first tried heroin; within a few years she was in prison. She says she willingly made bad choices and wants society to stop treating addiction as a diseaseKirsten Smith was 16 when a boy from school injected her with morphine, 18 when she and a date Googled how to crush up and inject themselves with oxycodone, and 19 when she first shot up heroin. Living in Knoxville, Tennessee and modelling herself on Pulp Fiction’s freewheeling Mia Wallace, Smith spent her days experimenting with alcohol, cannabis, ecstasy, mushrooms, LSD and benzodiazepines. She read Kurt Vonnegut and the Beats, and wrote poems on an actual typewriter while listening to the Velvet Underground. For Smith, as for thousands of Americans who came of age in the early 2000s, drug use was a seemingly harmless lifestyle choice.That is, until she ran out of money. After Smith dropped out of high school and started regularly using heroin, she was caught stealing credit cards and chequebooks fr...

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4 d. ago DWP Winter Fuel Payment full list of those eligible for up to £300

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed how much pensioners can expect to receive in their Winter Fuel Payment this year - here's everything you need to know

Economics

4 d. ago DWP confirms date state pensioners can claim £300 Winter Fuel Payment

The winter fuel payment gives between £100 and £300 to people over the State Pension age to help with heating costs

Economics

4 d. ago DWP confirms PIP review could impact Motability and Blue Badge entitlements

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed eligibility for the mobility part of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will be reviewed alongside the daily living element, as part of the UK Government's welfare reforms

Politics

5 d. ago DWP PIP assessment changes confirmed for new and existing claimants

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the majority of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments are being carried out over the phone

Politics

5 d. ago DWP confirms full list of 178 medical conditions that qualify for up to £749 a month payment

The latest government data has revealed the full list of medical conditions eligible for Personal Independence Payments

Economics

5 d. ago Claims for £300 DWP payment will be available from this date

The DWP has confirmed that people over the State Pension age who need to claim this year's Winter Fuel Payment can do so by post from 15 September and over the phone from 15 October

Economics

5 d. ago DWP confirms over 5,000 investigators tackling tax and benefit fraud

DWP is reviewing sample claims of State Pension, PIP and four other benefits for fraud or errors before April.

Economics

5 d. ago Little Problems – a cute detective game with no violence or victims

Shanghai-based developer Posh Cat Studio focused on the satisfying thrill of solving life’s small mysteries in this cosy crime caperAs the latest generation of 18-year-olds is about to find out, starting university is an experience fraught with minor as well as major problems. Oversleeping and missing lectures, forgetting where your study group is meeting, mislaying your books – a lot of your time is spent looking for things.It is these small mysteries that concern Little Problems, a cute detective game, in which the protagonist, Mary, must use her sleuthing abilities to make it through each day as a new student . Created by Indonesian designer Melisa, who has chosen to go by her first name only, the idea comes from her love of detective stories, but also her wish to take violence out of the genre. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago DWP confirms full list of those who will get £300 Winter Fuel Payment

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that over nine million people born before September 22, 1959 will be entitled to receive between £100 and £300 to help with increased heating costs during the winter months.

Economics

6 d. ago DWP confirms Winter Fuel Payment amounts due for every pensioner household

Payments of between £100 and £300 will be issued later this year.

Economics

7 d. ago Is it OK to be happy when the world is falling apart? | Avram Alpert

It is reasonable and moral to think that when others are harmed, you should feel the injury, but our sympathy should not be limited to painA friend of mine called the other day with news of two major life achievements: his first book had been published, and his university had granted him tenure. And yet, he said, he was miserable. How could he be happy about his success when so many terrible things were happening in the world?It’s a good question, and one that I hear from a lot of people these days. As I write these words, humanitarian disasters are unfolding in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Global climate action has not moved fast enough, and we are perilously close to creating an uninhabitable planet. Meanwhile here in the United States, immigrants have been rounded up and shipped to foreign countries without legal protection. Trans people have been demonized. Meaningful government agencies have been cut. Research destroyed. Universities attack...

Politics

8 d. ago PIP assessment explained as majority of consultations conducted over phone

The DWP has confirmed that the vast majority of assessments are being carried out over the phone, this is what it means for claimants

Politics

8 d. ago DWP winter fuel payment full list as £300 to land in accounts

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that between £100-£300 will be paid to retirees who qualify

Economics

8 d. ago DWP confirms cut to six benefits next year as letters sent out

The DWP is in the process of phasing out the benefits which affects millions of people

Politics

9 d. ago DWP confirms plans to change Attendance Allowance for people making a new claim

Nearly 1.7 million State Pensioners are now receiving either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.

Politics

9 d. ago DWP confirms full list of groups who aren't eligible for winter fuel payment

There are five groups of people who will not get the winter fuel payment

Economics