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  • HMRC offering cash top ups for DWP Universal Credit claimants
  • DWP 'boost' for Universal Credit benefit claimants now in force
  • Universal Credit DWP bonus scheme expands to 1.5 million extra claimants

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bristolpost.co.uk /1 month ago

HMRC offering cash top ups for DWP Universal Credit claimants

'It only takes a few minutes to check your eligibility'

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leeds-live.co.uk /1 month ago

DWP 'boost' for Universal Credit benefit claimants now in force

Thinktank Compass is calling on the DWP to introduce a new minimum income guarantee for Universal Credit claimants

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mirror.co.uk /2 weeks ago

Universal Credit DWP bonus scheme expands to 1.5 million extra claimants

How you can access the DWP scheme is also changing

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leeds-live.co.uk /1 month ago

DWP Universal Credit claimants with health conditions could get extra £217

Universal Credit claimants who have a health condition or disability could be entitled to an extra £217.26 a month

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theguardian.com /1 month ago

Tories target universal credit claimants in plan condemned as ‘fast track to poverty’

Proposals aim to push people into work, but charities say families are still paying price of austerity cuts and rise in cost of livingPeople claiming universal credit (UC) would ha...

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leeds-live.co.uk /2 weeks ago

DWP new Universal Credit and Housing Benefit rule change rolled out on Monday

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed a rule change for Housing Benefit and Universal Credit

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oxfordmail.co.uk /1 month ago

Thousands could be caught by major DWP Universal Credit benefit shake-up

Charities warn proposed DWP changes to health-related Universal Credit for under-22s could push thousands of young people into poverty.

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computerweekly.com /3 weeks ago

DWP insources Universal Credit checking work

Government department moves nearly 3,000 staff from supplier as it insources work in effort to make savings

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walesonline.co.uk /1 month ago

Universal Credit update for Halifax customers amid Lloyds move

Halifax has updated customers

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southwalesargus.co.uk /1 month ago

Thousands could be caught by major DWP Universal Credit benefit shake-up

Charities warn proposed DWP changes to health-related Universal Credit for under-22s could push thousands of young people into poverty.

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leeds-live.co.uk /1 month ago

The DWP Universal Credit payments that might need paying back - full list

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has outlined the circumstances in which Universal Credit claimants may need to repay benefit money

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theguardian.com /3 weeks ago

Badenoch proposes welfare reform that would stop many jobless under-25s getting universal credit – UK politics live

Tories suggest ‘tough love’ approach amid issue of one million young people not in employment, education or trainingThe Foreign Office has announced new sanctions against Russia. I...

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theguardian.com /4 weeks ago

Britain’s low-paid urged to sign up to savings scheme offering cash bonus

Government-backed help to save is aimed at working people on universal credit and pays 50p for every £1 saved over four yearsAmid claims that millions are missing out, the UK gover...

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walesonline.co.uk /4 weeks ago

HMRC alert to parents who may be able to claim extra cash

HMRC is urging those eligible to make a claim

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walesonline.co.uk /1 month ago

DWP full list of support for PIP claimants 'who do not qualify for Universal Credit'

The DWP on Monday outlined support on offer in response to a question about PIP recipients not receiving Universal Credit

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leeds-live.co.uk /1 month ago

DWP urged to crackdown on two benefits after claims hit 7.6 million

Claims have reached an all-time high of 4.1 million

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dailymail.com /1 month ago

More than 2,000 families with eight or more kids now receive £21,800 a year extra after Labour scrapped two-child benefi...

Official data shows there were 2,200 households on Universal Credit with a child element for eight or more children shortly after the Government axed the cap.

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walesonline.co.uk /1 month ago

'I can’t get DWP Pensions Credit - but one call got me £400 help'

A state pensioner struggling on just £300 a month discovered she could claim a £400 boost towards housing benefit and council tax relief - completely separate from Pension Credit e...

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bbc.co.uk /3 weeks ago

Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s

The party says it would bring in new work requirements for young people claiming Universal Credit.

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theguardian.com /3 weeks ago

Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employmentMinisters are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a ke...

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mirror.co.uk /2 weeks ago

Nationwide statement over changes to eligibility for £1,200 payments scheme

Many more people will soon become eligible with a date announced

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chroniclelive.co.uk /1 month ago

Big PIP applications update amid review as DWP issues statement

Key change to be 'extended to all customers' applying for Personal Independence Payments, Sir Stephen Timms says

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bbc.co.uk /1 month ago

Reform proposes £30 tax rebate for HMRC phone delays

People on hold to HMRC for more than 30 minutes would get a tax credit under plans announced by Robert Jenrick.

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southwalesargus.co.uk /1 month ago

HMRC £15,570 personal allowance plan could give millions a £3,000 tax boost

Millions of workers could be in line for a £3,000 tax boost if plans reportedly being examined by Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey go ahead.

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