5 h. ago DWP update for people on PIP and legacy benefits before changes start in April

Changes to Universal Credit are set to start from the new financial year.

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6 d. ago DWP says if you have this much in your bank account it could trigger checks on your finances

The DWP has warned that it will start checking the bank accounts of people receiving Universal Credit to see if they have been declaring their income correctly - here's what you need to know

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9 d. ago Little known government savings account sees £220m in bonus payments

Some 575,200 customers have opened a Help to Save account since the scheme was launched in September 2018, paying a total of £588.2m into their savings pots.

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1 week ago DWP changes to Universal Credit for millions due to start in April

The Universal Credit Act 2025 is now an Act of Parliament after receiving Royal Assent on September 3, with the DWP announcing a number of changes for millions of households

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1 week ago Full list of DWP changes to Universal Credit due to start in April

Nearly four million households will see an annual income boost estimated to be worth £725 under new reforms.

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1 week ago DWP to start contacting all those on sickness benefits with 'new plan'

Millions of people on illness benefits will be regularly contacted by jobcentre staff for the first time, under a government plan to reduce the cost of benefits

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2 w. ago DWP to check bank accounts of benefit claimants under new powers

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to be given new powers to check the bank accounts of benefit claimants in a bid to tackle fraud and prevent overpayments

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2 w. ago DWP claimants on eight benefits to get their bank accounts inspected

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to be given new powers to check the bank accounts of millions of benefit claimants

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3 w. ago DWP update for people on PIP and legacy benefits before changes start next April

Changes to Universal Credit are set to start from the new financial year.

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4 w. ago DWP start date for 'bank account monitoring' and new Eligibility Verification

The Government announced earlier this year it would implement the "biggest fraud crackdown in a generation" to reduce the amount of money being lost in the benefits system

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last month DWP start date for new Eligibility Verification and ‘monitoring’ bank accounts to stop benefit fraud

The Eligibility Verification Measure will not give DWP direct access to bank accounts or enable investigators to see how people on benefits spend their money.

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last month The Spin | ‘They’re like time machines’: the endless magic of cricket scorecards

What may look like an impenetrable column of unexplained figures can reveal plenty of eccentric talesThere’s a scene in The Matrix when Cypher, the sardonic turncoat played by Joe Pantoliano, sits with Keanu Reeves’s Neo in front of a bank of monitors. To Neo’s eyes it’s an endless waterfall of meaningless green code. To Cypher, and to those who have learned the language, it’s not numbers and symbols but living images: “I don’t even see the code,” he says. “All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead ”A cricket scorecard works in exactly the same way. To the uninitiated, it’s an impenetrable column of initials, abbreviations and unexplained figures. But for those who know, these sheets of names and numbers are alive with incident; the shape of an innings, the rhythm of a bowling spell, the hidden drama of a partnership. Continue reading...

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