6 h. ago DWP state pension error as thousands owed up to £11,725 in underpayments

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released its latest figures on state pension errors, with hundreds of millions of pounds having been paid in arrears to those who were underpaid

Economics

28 h. ago DWP issues state pension back payment update with thousands of people owed up to £11,725

New figures released today show that £804.7million has been paid out for the first DWP state pension correction exercised, with 130,000 people found to have been underpaid

Economics

28 h. ago People on State Pension, PIP or other benefits due new payment rates in full next month

Most people will receive a blend of old and new payment rates this month.

Economics

30 h. ago State Pension inheritance rule helps more than two million people boost payments by over £5,000

More than half a million pensioners were receiving over £5,000 a year in inherited Serps payments in 2023/24.

Economics

31 h. ago New State Pension back payment update for older women due up to £11,725 from DWP

DWP has identified nearly 131,000 State Pension Underpayments, owed a total of £804.7 million.

Economics

32 h. ago Almond Valley MSP welcomes rollout of new payment for pensioners by Scottish Government

The Pension Age Disability Payment (PADP) was introduced by Holyrood to replace Attendance Allowance.

Politics

48 h. ago Wishaw MSP welcomes rollout of new payment for pensioners by Scottish Government

The Pension Age Disability Payment (PADP) was introduced by Holyrood to replace Attendance Allowance.

Politics

50 h. ago Live updates as man accused of raping multiple women on nights out goes on trial

Daniel Gravell, 43, is charged with three counts of rape and is standing trial at Swansea Crown Court. He denies all charges against him

Politics

52 h. ago Major update issued as DWP benefit paying up to £441 a month scrapped for good

Under the management of Social Security Scotland, the name of the benefit Attendance Allowance will change to Pension Age Disability Payment, and it will be the 15th benefit administered by the Scottish benefits department overall

Economics

3 d. ago Loose Women's Ruth Langsford shares update on mum after 'horrible' infection

Ruth Langsford's mother hasn't been too fortunate with her health in recent months, having also fractured her pelvis last year

Politics

3 d. ago People over State Pension age to get payment of up to £305 later this year

Pensioners in Scotland will receive between £100 and £305 through a new devolved annual heating payment.

Economics

3 d. ago People on New or Basic State Pension can change monthly payments to weekly

A former DWP employee shares how the frequency of State Pension payments can easily be changed to weekly.

Economics

4 d. ago New benefit for older people worth up to £441 each month does not include face

Pension Age Disability Payment will rollout nationwide across Scotland this week.

Economics

5 d. ago DWP State Pension update – why you could still be waiting for key letter

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been issuing letters to all State Pension recipients in Great Britain, which outline the new payment rates for 2025/26

Politics

6 d. ago Coleen Nolan gives huge relationship update as she makes cryptic dig at exes

Loose Women presenter Coleen Nolan has issued an update on her relationship status as she issued a cryptic comment about her exes just months after her split from Michael Jones

Politics

8 d. ago Pension Credit payment rules people should know before going on holiday this year

Over 1.4 million people on Pension Credit should tell the DWP if they plan to leave mainland Britain for any reason.

Economics

9 d. ago State Pension payment update for people waiting for DWP annual uprating letter

The New and Basic State Pension weekly payment rates increased by 4.1 per cent on April 7.

Economics

1 week ago Pensioners in Scotland no longer able to claim Attendance Allowance from next week

Older people in 17 council areas can already claim Pension Age Disability Payment.

Politics

1 week ago Blue Origin crew including Katy Perry safely returns to Earth after space flight

All-female crew led by Jeff Bezos’s fiancee Lauren Sánchez lands in Texas after reaching the edge of outer spaceKaty Perry’s space flight – latest updatesSix women – including the pop star Katy Perry and morning TV host Gayle King – safely completed a trip to the edge of outer space and back from a private Texas ranch on Monday morning on a rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos, the Amazon co-founder and commercial space flight entrepreneur.The women, who also included Bezos’s fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, made the trip to the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space – to float about, weightlessly, in the rocket’s capsule for three minutes before returning to Earth. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Katy Perry heads to space: Live Blue Origin launch updates as singer leads A

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live updates as Katy Perry and five women launch into space from a Blue Origin rocket in the first ever all female space mission.

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