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DWP PIP claimants may be able to backdate other benefits and get thousands of pounds
A successful claim for Personal Independence Payment or its Scottish equivalent, Adult Disability Payment, can also provide a gateway to other benefits …
DWP lifts the lid on which bank accounts will be targeted for controversial fraud checks
The Department of Work and Pensions has set out details of which type of bank account activity involving someone receiving benefits that will be targeted. …
DWP investigation over Labour’s Jobcentre reform plans
The Commons Work and Pensions Committee will examine proposals to get people off benefits and into a job in a move designed to curb the rising benefits bill. …
The £51,000 middle class SUV that is Britain’s ‘least loved car’
The car typically spends 21 days of the year off the road for repairs. …
Victory for pensioners in £1.4 billion HMRC tax overpayments scandal
As many as 470,000 people have lost vital income totalling £1.37 billion, which then had to be reclaimed, because of flaws in the HMRC tax collection system. …
DWP announces up to £749.80 extra per period for disability benefit recipients
The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that claimants of four specific benefits could be entitled to an extra £749 per payment period …
Plea for U-turn on Reeves decision to hit pension pots with inheritance tax
The move could mean that the HMRC grabs more than 60 percent of the value of some pension nest eggs in a tax double whammy. …
Bank of England may soon ‘deliver six interest rate cuts’
Goldman Sachs has issued a new forecast that UK interest rates would fall from the current figure of 4.75 percent to 3.25 percent by spring of 2026. …
Wetherspoon pubs ‘facing price rises’ after Rachel Reeves’ disaster Budget
Sir Tim Martin said that cost increases have made forecasting the business’s finances more difficult. …
Anger as Chancellor moves to cap compensation for victims of car loans scandal
Finance giants have been putting pressure on the Chancellor to limit payouts amid some predictions they could be left with a bill of £30 billion. …