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39 days ago
New data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) showed there were 4 million claimants entitled to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) at the end of April.
40 days ago
My wife's NI number has changed after 50 years, will it affect her pension? STEVE WEBB replies ⊖
My wife is trying to take her state pension. For 50 years she has had the same national insurance number, now the DWP say that this is wrong and have sent her a new number.
42 days ago
Revealed: DWP still allowing unpaid carers to run up debts despite being told about overpayments ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Chris Farrell was given benefit for six months despite his repeated requests for payments to stop
A former unpaid carer has urged welfare officials to “get their act together” after they continued to …
46 days ago
Pilot ‘hyperlocal’ job support scheme in England shows promising signs of effectiveness ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Government-funded JobsPlus trial in 10 neighbourhoods could be scalable nationwide, evaluation shows
We would like to hear from young people in the UK about their job-hunting experiences
A government-f…
48 days ago
Britain's disability benefits bill soars as number of middle-class families receiving payments has doubled in past FOUR years to nearly 200,000 ⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates suggest that almost 200,000 households with annual incomes exceeding £100,000 are now receiving PiP
53 days ago
Couple in their 60s swindled £630,000 by claiming benefits and dodging tax - while building a 'Monopoly-style' property empire ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Steve and Kim Benstock from Essex made fake claims to the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) but failed to declare their significant earnings to HMRC .
64 days ago
Near death experiences, ‘crip memes’ and the tyranny of the DWP: the new exhibition powered by illness and disability ⊖⊖
Bunting from hospital sheets, drawings on letters from the DWP, an installation made of damp: a new exhibition celebrates art that takes the challenges the artists have faced and turns them into driv…
82 days ago
Why are my pension contributions ignored when Universal Credit is calculated? STEVE WEBB wins £9,000 for reader over DWP blunder ⊕
Shouldn't my personal pension payments have been deducted from my earnings when my UC was assessed all the way back to the start of my claim?
89 days ago
My forecasts all said I would get a FULL state pension, so why must I pay extra? STEVE WEBB replies ○
I find it difficult to accept DWP confirmed in writing to me as early as 2010 my entitlement to a full pension, and this message was repeated continuously until mid 2024.
3 months ago
How do I find out if my state pension is right? 17 years of HRP are missing from my record: STEVE WEBB replies ⊖
If my NI record shows 'no full years' from 1979 to 1996 how can my pension be correct? I have queried this many times with the DWP but do not feel it's being treated seriously.