Closing the ethnic pension gap (and the gender gap within it) is vital because the UK’s population is both ageing and ...

A former pensions minister says the DWP does not make it clear to families the repayments are voluntary.

A parliamentary petition calling for the government to stop means testing for pensioners has amassed more than 13,000 ...

The UK Government has responded to a petition which calls for a rise in state pension and for the winter fuel allowance to ...

A petition calling for major changes in the government's policies has now got a response from the Department for Work and ...

In his response to the query, Work and Pensions minister Torsten Bell listed some of the help available for pensioners. He ...

A report from the DWP found 49% of health and disability benefit recipients reported they felt they would never be able to ...

“This will mean 4.1 per cent for 2025/26. From April this year the basic state pension will increase from £169.50 per week to ...

The DWP has confirmed the new April 2025 State Pension rates after MPs voted through the proposals from the autumn budget. New weekly and monthly totals were agreed in parliament after a vote, with a ...

Wes Battle has been glued to the phone at his financial-planning office in Maryland for days, endlessly fielding calls from ...

The DWP will be releasing a paper outlining its planned reforms to the welfare system in Spring.Meanwhile, the latest figures ...

Hundred of thousands of pensioners will qualify for "direct financial help" with the potential for £25 payments over the next ...