3 d. ago DWP urges Brits to check if they're owed £8,300 in State Pension back payments

More than 370,000 people have been contacted to say they could be owed an average of £8,377 in State Pension back payments

Economics

4 d. ago Waiting for Godot review – Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter’s unlikely reunion

Hudson Theatre, New YorkThe Bill & Ted stars land on Broadway for Jamie Lloyd’s disorienting and intermittently engaging take on Samuel Beckett’s classicWaiting for Godot is, as the saying goes, a play in which nothing happens, twice. Two men, old acquaintances, spend a day waiting for someone named Godot – a man? God? Absolution? Nothing? – who never arrives. Instead, they encounter a strange, imperious man and his enslaved companion, then a boy who assures: tomorrow, Godot will come. The next day the same, almost.Samuel Beckett’s modernist masterpiece, one of the most influential and widely performed plays in the English language, disorients the viewer by disassembling theater down to its essentials: performance and interpretation, which even the most seasoned Godot veterans are still debating. The play’s nonsensical ramblings, existentialist themes and lack of clear meaning have absorbed the absurd realities of places ravaged by prolonged, costly waiting – war-torn Sarajevo, ...

Politics

7 d. ago Geese: Getting Killed review – Cameron Winter and co’s surreal, swaggering spectacular

(Partisan/PIAS)Opaque but brilliant, the Brooklyn indie-rock band’s fourth album is full of the dread and dark absurdity of our current momentAt the end of last year, 23-year-old New Yorker Cameron Winter scored an industry hit with his solo debut Heavy Metal. The title was not indicative of its contents – this was a collection of droll, desolate dirges recalling the lugubrious greats (Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits) – yet Trinidad, the opener of his band Geese’s fourth album, actually does feature some metal-style screaming. What begins as an exercise in dreamlike, deconstructed soul soon erupts into a nightmarish cacophony of erratically parping brass, scrambled guitar and the shrieked refrain: “There’s a bomb in my car!”Getting Killed ripples with a timely dread: a combination of sonic dissonance – 100 Horses’ ramshackle maximalism, the title track’s frantic pile-up of voices and grooves – and surreal, sardonic lyrics. (“All people must smile in times of war”; “I’m getting killed by a ...

Events

8 d. ago Dead of Winter review – Emma Thompson turns action hero, and it unexpectedly works

A freezing cold Thompson embraces her inner Liam Neeson as she attempts to rescue a kidnapped girl, in this refreshing little thriller

Events

9 d. ago DWP warns millions of Universal Credit claimants about changes

The DWP is urging people claiming Universal Credit to report changes using their online account to avoid any potential overpayment

Events

1 week ago Former DWP employee urges all parents to claim Child Benefit to boost State Pension payments

Sandra Wrench shares three crucial reasons parents should not ignore Child Benefit.

Society

1 week ago Warning over DWP UK winter fuel '£1 rule' which could lose people £300

The Winter Fuel Payment has been reinstated by the government, but there is a cut-off for people who are eligible for the £200 to £300 payment

Events

1 week ago Urgent warning issued as scammers drain DWP claimants' bank accounts

Scammers are always looking to prey on the vulnerable, but now people receiving benefits are being told be aware of a new scam that has already resulted in millions being stolen

Events

2 w. ago DWP warns of overpayment and repayments in message to Universal Credit claimants

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has urged people to keep their Universal Credit account up to date

Events

3 w. ago DWP quizzed on plans to review decision to withdraw universal Winter Fuel Payments

All pensioners with an income of under £35,000 a year will receive the payment

Economics

3 w. ago How Charlie Kirk assassin picked spot high up on rooftop that could allow him to flee 'miles away in minutes' after firing deadly 200

By 12:10pm, Charlie Kirk was deep into a Q&A session, speaking about mass shootings in America, when the gunfire erupted.

Events

3 w. ago DWP cost of living payment update as people urged to check online for payments

The latest guidance from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) explains when people can request a review of their cost of living payments and identify eligible claimants for payments

Economics

3 w. ago Winter of the Crow review – Lesley Manville commands cold war thriller

Toronto film festival: the Oscar nominee makes for a compelling heroine in a solid and intermittently suspenseful tale of a professor stuck in a nightmareThe specific brilliance of Lesley Manville had been on display for those who knew where to look long before her first Oscar nomination. She’d been part of the enviable Mike Leigh troupe (her first nomination should have been for Another Year) and a permanent small-screen fixture, even if the size of her roles hadn’t correlated to the size of her talent. But after Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson’s singular magnum opus, Manville has enjoyed a spectacular boom, a long-deserved reward for her and an even bigger one for those of us watching.The role came as she was entering her 60s, a period that can often leave female actors with grimly limited options, but she’s bucked the trend, not just through the sheer amount of work she’s found but also the unusual variety. She’s avoided the post-Book Club subgenre of mostly patronising come...

Events

3 w. ago What to do in Lapland without children including one daunting yet unforgettable must

Lapland is a magical destination that's on many children's wish lists, but it's great for adults too, says our writer – and you can even see the Northern Lights if you're lucky

Politics

4 w. ago DWP urged to review as winter payment cut at last minute for thousands

More than 9million people born before 22 September, 1959 will receive Winter Fuel Payments ranging from 100 to 300 to help with the cost of increased heating bills this winter

Politics

4 w. ago BBC expert warns 10 days left to sort finances for winter fuel payment amid '£673 rule' concern

People have just 10 days until the Winter Fuel Payment cut-off BBC Morning Live finance guru said

Economics

4 w. ago DWP urged to review Winter Fuel Payment eligibility for Brits who miss out

Millions of Brits are due to receive the Winter Fuel Payment soon but there are two qualifying weeks to know about and not every eligible pensioner will automatically receive the support

Politics