Benefits

After six decades, Northern Ireland’s first corporate pensions advisory company has combined with a leading UK consultancy firm. Incorporate Group has combined the employee benefits services of Belfast’s Kerr Henderson and Incorporate Benefits to consolidate its position as a major player in the UK employee benefits market. Pictured is John Kerr and Audrey Spence, Incorporate Group

After six decades NI’s first corporate pensions advisory company has merged

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Families eligible for £500 support payment - with hours left to apply

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Winter Fuel Payments: how did my MP vote - full list

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State pension to rise by nearly £500 - but many could still lose out

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DWP giving away £1000s to UK households for six months - apply online

An elderly resident makes his way up a snow covered road in Hartley Wintney, in Hampshire, in 2019 (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

How to apply for Pension Credit as Week of Action aims to boost claims

Thousands set to receive £250 payment - but deadline is just days away

Rachel Reeves listens to Keir Starmer on the Labour general election campaign trail in May (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2024: when it is and what could be in it - as PM warns of pain

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Debt recovery: top tips to overcome debt and secure financial freedom

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I'm a finance expert - this the best student account for free cash

Students react after opening their GCSE results at the City of London Academy Southwark (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Parents have just a week to update HMRC or risk losing benefit payment

A new sofa-based fitness routine aims to inspire people to exercise

Major network provider launches £10 plan to help low-income households

Thousands are eligible for a £500 support payment - but deadlines near

DWP issues update on 'light touch' PIP reviews that need no assessment

Childcare costs have forced parents to reduce their working hours

Four in 10 parents have been forced to reduce their working hours - due to the cost of childcare.

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Thousands of UK households to receive up to £600 in government support

North Channel Wind project director Niamh Kenny

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Up to £740 available for 1000s as Household Support Fund help goes on

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Martin Lewis' alert as payments cut - pensioners can still get £1000s

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DWP callers spent over 753 years on hold in 2023/24 - watchdog report

The money will people most in need

Families to get £200 via Household Support Fund - but funds are low

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More households to receive payments of up to £500 - how to apply

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5 common conditions that make you eligible for £470 monthly PIP help

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1000s of supermarket workers to split £30m from employee share schemes

30% of Brits would back defaulted plant-based menu in NHS hospitals

Vet prescription fees could be capped as CMA launches an investigation

The investigation will explore whether vet businesses are operating competitively and fairly

Adriana Amor

What you need to know about the new Universal Credit rules

More than a third of Brits are hesitant about visiting a casino

Letters to editor

Letter: Benefits of ‘dual market access’ not justified

Adam Henson and Oti Mabuse show benefits of a certain qualification

Millions of households entitled to final cost of living payment

Millions of households entitled to final cost of living payment

Find out if you are eligble for Cold Weather Payments.

Who is eligible for Cold Weather Payments?

Many adults have cut back significantly on non-essential spending

Universal Credit and other benefit payments will be paid earlier than expected during the Christmas period.

When will Universal Credit be paid during Christmas period

The dates benefits recipients can expect their payments over Christmas and New Year in 2023

The dates benefits recipients can expect their payments over Christmas

The protest was one of more than 30 events taking place in Britain – plus two in Spain – on what was dubbed a “Day for Rejoin”. Pictured here is Steve Bray.

Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray ‘wrestled out’ of Tory conference

The DWP will pay more than seven million households and HMRC will follow with around 830,000 more, taking the total number of households eligible for the cost of living payment to around eight million.

Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn

Millions of people in receipt of the State Pension will receive an additional payment over the coming months.

DWP to send out ‘bonus’ payments to millions before Christmas

People walk near the Jobcentre in Westminster.

DWP warning over Universal Credit changes coming in October

An open cash register containing pound coins and notes is pictured in a convenience store in London

DWP confirms £300 cost of living payment in update on £94bn support

Library image of Martin Lewis from Money Saving Expert speaking to an audience of Londoners about the challenges they are facing as a result of the rising cost of living, hosted by London Mayor, Sadiq Khan at City Hall in London. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Martin Lewis predicts when £300 cost of living payment will land

Which? has revealed the cheapest place to get school uniform this year

Cheapest shop to buy school uniform revealed by Which?

Colm Gildernew MLA has called on Allied Irish Bank to improve services and saving rates for customers following the extortionate profits it has made so far this year. Credit: marcin jucha - stock.adobe.com

Parents urged to claim benefit worth thousands as criteria extended

Benefit claimants may find their payments arrive earlier than normal this month.

Universal Credit & benefit claimants hit by another payment change

Here are eight important money changes coming in August 2023.

8 money changes coming in August 2023 including Ofgem price cap

Michelle Hanney pictured riding a horse. (DWP/SWNS)

‘Disabled’ woman on benefits caught after horse riding photo found

If you claim benefits, including Universal Credit, you may find you get paid early next month due to the August bank holiday.

Full list of benefits that could be paid early next month

Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

Health conditions that could see you collect an extra £400 a month

Around six million people are set to receive a £150 cost of living payment- here’s what you need to know and how to check if you’re eligible for the cash boost.

Millions to receive £150 cost of living payment soon - am I eligible?

King Charles is looking for students to live and work at Sandringham

King Charles looking for students to live and work at Sandringham

Universal Credit and other benefit claimants are set to be hit by another payment shake-up this week.

Benefit claimants will be hit by another payment shake-up this week

More than six million households will be eligible for the £150 disability cost of living payment, with the money set to start hitting bank accounts from next month.

Exact date six million people will get £150 cost of living payment

The Government announced a “once-in-a-lifetime” overhaul of the private rental sector in England this week, which is estimated to impact around 11 million tenants and landlords across the country.

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