15 h. ago DWP make payouts totalling £900 million after state pension errors

Concerns have been raised, however, that some state pension records could be deleted, making it ‘virtually impossible’ to correct past errors in payments

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27 h. ago Woman, 32, is fined £600 for littering by local council after piece of cardboard 'flew out of her bin'

Francesca Poncetta said she was shocked last month when she received a letter about rubbish found on the street near her home in Wood Green, north London .

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28 h. ago DWP to send millions of UK households letters about changes to major payment

The DWP is sending out letters to millions of pensioners this month

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62 h. ago Millions of pensioners to receive crucial DWP letter from this month

The DWP is set to send letters to millions from the start of this month that could affect their winter finances

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5 d. ago Millions of UK pensioners to receive DWP letters about £300 payment

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will today begin sending out letters to more than nine million households to confirm they will receive up to £300 to help with soaring energy bills

Economics

5 d. ago DWP to increase State Pension age next April for millions of people

The State Pension age is set to rise between 2026 and 2028

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9 d. ago Millions of pensioners set to receive major DWP letter next month

Pensioners all across the country will begin receiving an important letter they shouldn't ignore from October

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1 week ago DWP signs up Premier League clubs to help thousands on benefits

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says a new £25 million investment is being made

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1 week ago Millions of pensioners to receive DWP letters for Winter Fuel Payments in weeks

The DWP will send important letters to millions of pensioners in the coming weeks as the Government prepares to start issuing Winter Fuel Payments

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2 w. ago DWP to send important letters to millions of pensioner households within weeks

Eligible pensioners will get either £200 or £300 this winter from the Government

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2 w. ago Afghan football chief accused of seeking $10,000 bribe for national team place

AFF president recorded talking to Australia-based player’s brotherMohammad Yousef Kargar denies accuracy of leaked recordingsThe president of the Afghanistan football federation (AFF) has been accused of demanding a $10,000 (£7,400) bribe to secure a spot for a player on the national team. In leaked recordings, Mohammad Yousef Kargar is heard discussing how to transfer the payment with the brother of Nesar Ahmad Mehman, who was being considered for a spot in the team’s training camp in Thailand. Kargar has denied the allegations and claimed the recordings were “nothing but conspiracies and fabrications”.Mehman, who plays in the second tier of Australian football, was spotted at the end of last year during an annual tournament in Melbourne organised by the Afghan diaspora. Kargar invited him to join up with the national team for the training camp in March and sent an invitation letter to his club, Stockton Sharks. But in recordings aired this month by Afghanistan International TV –wh...

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2 w. ago Martin Lewis says 1 million pensioners eligible for 'non means tested' DWP £3,800 payment

The 'underclaimed' benefit could see people receive thousands of pounds each year

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3 w. ago Major DWP State Pension update as millions to receive boost from April

Pensioners could see a £500 boost from April next year

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3 w. ago DWP warning as millions of Brits told to watch out for text messages

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a warning to millions of people across Great Britain who receive benefits, including the State Pension, Universal Credit and PIP

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4 w. ago Millions more on State Pension to be hit with bill this year

The number of people of State Pension age has increased to 13 million, according to the latest DWP figures

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4 w. ago From Washington to Westminster, the populist right needs to erase history to succeed. It’s up to us to resist | Kojo Koram

Removing ‘divisive’ Smithsonian exhibits, Farage’s ‘patriotic’ curriculum: this is where the unpicking of the 20th-century liberal order beginsSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreIn 1955, the American columnist William F Buckley Jr declared that a conservative is someone “who stands athwart history, yelling ‘Stop’.” But today’s conservatives are not only trying to resist the advance of history, they are attempting to pull the train of history backwards and reopen the case on what constitutes a democratic society.Last month, the Smithsonian’s secretary received a letter from the Trump administration announcing that all exhibits deemed “divisive” or “ideological” should be replaced with those labelled “historical” and “constructive”. Within days, a list of offending displays was published and, unsurprisingly, they overwhelmingly targeted artefacts that hig...

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4 w. ago DWP sending key letter to millions on State Pension next month

DWP will begin sending the letters in October

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4 w. ago Millions of State Pensioners due important DWP letter next month

Around nine million pensioners will find out exactly how much they will receive from this year's Winter Fuel Payment.

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