7 d. ago People reaching State Pension age can no longer claim these benefits

Some people may not be aware of benefits or payments which can no longer be claimed after reaching retirement age.

Politics

1 week ago Universal Credit warning as 622,000 have benefit payments cut or stopped by DWP

Universal Credit is now claimed by 8.3 million people in the UK but 622,000 people were sanctioned by the DWP between February 2024 and July 2025

Events

1 week ago Full list of benefits only people over State Pension age can claim

There are more than a dozen benefits and discounts available for men and women aged over 66.

Politics

1 week ago Thousands of child benefit claimants given major update by HMRC over suspended payments

HMRC has issued a major update for tens of thousands of child benefit claimants who had their payments suspended. Some 23,500 UK households were stripped of their child benefit as part of a new crackdown on fraud. Child benefit claimants have their payments stopped if they leave the UK for more than eight weeks under...

Economics

3 w. ago Woman who booked flight to Italy but did not board has child benefits stopped

Family denied entry at gate after one of her children had epileptic fit, but HMRC said she boarded one-way flightA woman has had her child benefit stopped after booking a holiday to Italy because HMRC inferred she had emigrated – even though she and her family did not board the flight.Sally, her three children and her partner were going on holiday to Italy last July, but were refused boarding after one of the children had an epileptic fit at the departure gate. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Woman unable to board flight to Italy because of ill child has benefit stopped

Family denied entry at gate after one of their children had epileptic fit – but HMRC said she boarded one-way flightA woman has had her child benefit stopped after booking a holiday to Italy because HMRC inferred she had emigrated – even though she and her family did not board the flight.Sally, her three children and her partner were going on holiday to Italy last July, but were refused boarding after one of the children had an epileptic fit at the departure gate. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Woman stopped boarding flight from UK to Italy because of ill child has benefit stopped

Family denied entry at gate after one of their children had epileptic fit – but HMRC said she took a one-way flightA woman has had her child benefit stopped after booking a holiday to Italy because HMRC inferred she had emigrated – even though she and her family did not board the flight.Sally, her three children and her partner were going on holiday to Italy last July, but were refused boarding after one of the children had an epileptic fit at the departure gate. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago This terrible government policy pushes 109 children into poverty every day. It must stop

Labour must lift the two-child benefit cap as part of efforts to ensure no child goes to bed hungry

Events

3 w. ago HMRC froze 23,000 families’ child benefit over incomplete travel data

One mother saw her child benefit stop after a trip lasting less than 24 hours

Society

3 w. ago HMRC apologises after wrongly stopping 35,000 families’ child benefit

One mother saw her child benefit stop after a trip lasting less than 24 hours

Society

3 w. ago HMRC cuts child benefit for 35,000 families based on incomplete travel data

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the country and were fraudulently collecting child benefit. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago HMRC cuts child benefit for 23,500 families based on incomplete travel data

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the country and were fraudulently collecting child benefit. Continue reading...

Society

last month DWP explains ‘reasoning’ for decision to restrict Universal Credit for young people

The proposed changes to Universal Credit’s health element could stop thousands from being able to claim the benefit

Politics