10 h. ago Older people with health issues urged to contact charity for help claiming benefits

Independent Age can help older people with health issues claim Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment.

Politics

11 h. ago DWP issues update on plans to tackle 100,000 Work Capability Assessments backlog

Work Capability Assessments are required from people claiming certain benefits

Politics

33 h. ago US unemployment claims fall to lowest level since September 2022

The U.S. job market appears stuck in a ‘low-hire, low-fire’ state that has left those out of work struggling to find a new job

Politics

37 h. ago DWP warns claimants on 3 benefits they may get a phone call with some bad news

A DWP minister said claimants will be told what action that will be taken

Events

41 h. ago DWP warns people on these 3 benefits may get a surprise phone call

Some claimants have to be assessed to decide how much benefits they get

Events

48 h. ago Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar

Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports. Streeting is understood to be concerned about a sharp rise in the number of people making sickness benefits claims because of diagnoses for mental illness, autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the Times reported. He has asked leading experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become “over-pathologised”, the newspaper said, as he seeks to grapple with the 4.4 million working-age people now claiming sickness or incapacity benefit. The figure has risen by 1.2 million since 2019, while the number of 16 to 34-year-olds off work with long-term sickness because of a mental health condition is said to have grown rapidly in the same period. Streeting told the Times he knew from “personal experience how devastating it can be ...

Science

49 h. ago Streeting orders review of mental health diagnosis amid welfare reform drive

The Health Secretary is concerned about a sharp rise in the number of people making sickness benefits claims because of diagnoses for mental illness.

Science

59 h. ago DWP issues statement on new powers to take money 'straight from bank accounts'

The DWP will also check the bank details of millions of benefit claimants

Economics

3 d. ago DWP confirms 3 groups will have money deducted from bank accounts from today

Fraud investigators will check the bank details of millions of benefit claimants

Economics

3 d. ago Everything you need to know about DWP Christmas bonus payment landing this week

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will pay a Christmas bonus from this week to millions of people claiming benefits - here is how much you will get and who is eligible

Politics

4 d. ago Starmer accused of creating new welfare trap by scrapping two

Labour warned larger families now have ‘substantial’ incentive to claim sickness benefits in order to gain fully from the change

Politics

4 d. ago Starmer’s priorities have changed. He needs to be honest about why

The prime minister’s claim that he always wanted to scrap the two-child benefit cap will cast doubt on his attempt to reassure voters – and his own cabinet colleagues – that he and the chancellor told the truth about tax rises, writes political editor David Maddox

Politics

4 d. ago New DWP changes for people with health issues on disability benefits

Changes are set to come into effect over the new financial year.

Politics

4 d. ago Everything you need to know about DWP December payment changes

Some people claiming DWP benefits may notice a number of changes this month

Politics

4 d. ago Benefits claimants in Britain's 'most deprived' seaside town are 'absolutely delighted' with Rachel Reeves' £16billion Budget giveaway

Unemployed people in Jaywick, Essex, are celebrating after the Chancellor ceded to Labour MPs' demands for more benefits handouts.

Economics

6 d. ago Check eligibility for DWP extra payment as 'qualifying week' expected to start

Anyone claiming 24 benefits during the qualifying week could be entitled to the Christmas Bonus

Politics

7 d. ago Psychologist issues important advice to people pleasers – stop 3 mistakes now

Clinical psychologist Dr Julie Smith has shared three simple steps to help people pleasers break the cycle and start prioritising their own needs. Here's what you need to do

Politics

7 d. ago Small businesses say 'We're on the rack': Reeves claimed to help pubs, but many face huge rate rises as Amazon and supermarkets benefit

The Chancellor had promised to pay for a reduction in business rates for smaller firms by hiking taxes on larger properties to 'level the playing field between the high street and online giants'.

Economics

8 d. ago Universal Credit claimants to get extra £312 in their bank accounts

People who receive the benefit will get £6 weekly for single claimants or £312 annually

Economics

8 d. ago Starmer says budget did not break manifesto tax pledge and scrapping two

PM says: ‘We kept to our manifesto in terms of what we’ve promised. But I accept the challenge that we’ve asked everybody to contribute’Ask the Guardian your budget questionsShare your views on the new ‘mansion tax’Budget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offThe Conservative party is attacking the budget on the grounds that Rachel Reeves is putting up taxes supposedly to fund more spending on benefit claimants. Even though the rationale for this claim is questionable, the Tories were making it before the budget was announced, and Kemi Badenoch firmed it up last night, claiming it was a “Benefits Street budget”.On LBC this morning, asked if the budget meant “alarm clock Britain paying for Benefits Street”, Reeves said she did not accept that. She said 60% of the families that would benefit from the removal of the two-child benefit cap (the most expensive welfare announcement in the budget) were in work.I don’t think children should be punished by this pernicious policy ...

Economics