Why there’s an ethnic pension gap in the UK – and how the government could close it
Closing the ethnic pension gap (and the gender gap within it) is vital because the UK’s population is both ageing and ...
Bereaved families asked to return pension overpayments
A former pensions minister says the DWP does not make it clear to families the repayments are voluntary.
DWP update on call for winter fuel payment reinstatement and state pension rise
A parliamentary petition calling for the government to stop means testing for pensioners has amassed more than 13,000 ...
DWP responds to calls for increase in state pension and 'degrading' means testing
The UK Government has responded to a petition which calls for a rise in state pension and for the winter fuel allowance to ...
DWP update to call for winter fuel payment u-turn and state pension rise - full statement
A petition calling for major changes in the government's policies has now got a response from the Department for Work and ...
DWP issues update over £25 'direct' payments for people of State Pension age
In his response to the query, Work and Pensions minister Torsten Bell listed some of the help available for pensioners. He ...
Work and Pensions Secretary says some people on benefits ‘taking the mickey’
A report from the DWP found 49% of health and disability benefit recipients reported they felt they would never be able to ...
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U.K.’s Pension Protection Fund to reduce levy following proposed law change
The U.K. government is considering proposals to allow the £32.5 billion ($39.7 billion) Pension Protection Fund, London, ...
DWP confirms basic and full state pension rates from April 2025
“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 ...
DWP April 2025 new State Pension weekly and monthly rates
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 ...
Why buyout offers — like Trump’s to federal workers — are a hard sell for employees
Wes Battle has been glued to the phone at his financial-planning office in Maryland for days, endlessly fielding calls from ...
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What the government's defined benefit pension scheme raid means for you
The government wants to let companies use extra final salary scheme funds to boost the economy but there are risks involved.