Tag: universal credit
How to check if your postcode is eligible for DWP cold weather payment
The payments are made to eligible households every time the average temperature in their area drops below freezing for seven days in a row. …
DWP confirms key new year Universal Credit payment date change
Benefit claimants should prepare for the payment change in advance. …
DWP Universal Credit claimants can get up to £1,200 in extra cash
Here’s who is eligible and when the money will be paid out …
DWP update over who will have to pay back benefit overpayments
Concerns were raised about ‘official errors’ leading to benefit overpayments …
Writer calls for pensioners’ £10 Christmas bonus to be scrapped – ‘UK can’t afford it’
Britain’s benefit bill is set to balloon by billions of pounds by the end of Parliament. …
DWP officers could be sent to benefit claimants’ homes
The government office could offer people a helping hand in a convenient location, so people who are entitled to support are not left to struggle …
UK households losing £2,988 each as they hit maximum benefits allowed
UK households are losing as much as £2,988 each on average as they hit the cap. …
DWP Universal Credit claimants could receive up to £1,200 extra cash
HMRC confirmed the scheme has been extended …
DWP responds to Martin Lewis as he warns Universal Credit claimants could be ‘excluded’
Martin Lewis has called for changes that would allow Universal Credit claimants to switch more easily …
DWP benefit payment dates for December 2025
The festive bank holidays mean dates that people normally receive financial support from the Government may be changed slightly. …
