The state pension is set to rise by 4.1 per cent in April giving pensioners a boost for the next year. Since 2011, the state ...

The Department for Work and Pensions could offer millions of Brits a Universal Credit advance payment worth up to £617.60 in ...

More than six million people in the UK are on Universal Credit, meaning they could be eligible for this extra cash support.

A former pensions minister has spoken out about the DWP practice of requesting repayments from bereaved relatives of money ...

Letters sent to bereaved relatives asking them to return pension payments made in error do not make clear it is optional, a former pensions minister has said. Sir Steve Webb said the letters from the ...

One crore gig workers of the country, including delivery boys, courier boys, who get paid only on the basis of work or ...

Department for Work and Pensions letters which leave people terrified fail to make key point clear, a former Minister blasted ...

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

Following the Labour Budget in October, a new cap has been introduced on the amount the DWP can deduct from benefit payments to repay loans and debts, including budgeting advance loans. From April ...

The help comes from the Household Support Fund which is a government-funded scheme - run by the DWP - that has given local councils pots of cash to support struggling households in their area ...

The DWP has outlined how bank account checks will be carried out on four "high-risk" groups of people first, including those ...