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11.9 million Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments – worth over £4.8 billion – have been made to pensioners across the UK over the past month
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Around 8 million eligible households across the UK are set to receive a £299 Cost of Living Payment in February, as the Government unveiled its plans to reward work, reform welfare and grow the economy.
99% of households already eligible for the second Cost of Living Payment have been directly paid £300 by the Government.
Millions of people across the country are set to receive significant cost of living support ahead of winter, with the government freezing bus fares in England and the second instalment of the cost-of-living payment – worth £…
Thousands of parents on Universal Credit will be supported to increase their chances of getting a job or up their work hours from today (Wednesday 25th October)
Vulnerable households have received more than 26 million awards from the DWP’s Household Support Fund since its launch in October 2021, according to new figures.
Bereaved parents who lost their partner between 9 April 2001 and 8 February 2023 may be eligible for backdated government payments.
This is first of three new Cost of Living payments adding up to £900 in 2023/24 – though some people will receive up to £1,350.
The government has confirmed payments of benefits due to land in accounts on Monday 19 September will be made early.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Today (Thursday 15 July 2021), Baroness Stedman-Scott will set out plans to extend bereavement support to cohabiting couples with children.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Observations and recommendations on the department’s emergency response to COVID-19.
An extra month to claim back childcare costs could mean parents avoid missing out on up to £1,100 per month.
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