Department for Work and Pensions

How to access DWP and local financial support during half-term break

Pensioners must apply for Pension Credit soon to get Winter Fuel aid

1000s to receive £300 as new Household Support Fund schemes launched

A member of the public walks through the snow in Victoria Park in Glasgow in February 2021 (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Cold Weather Payment: eligibility - and how to claim extra winter cash

Over 1,000 new jobs are to be created in the Department for Communities (DfC) as part of an expansion in service delivery for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Pictured is Communities Minister Gordon Lyons and Department for Work and Pensions Minister Andrew Western meet staff during a visit to the service centre in the Great Northern Tower, Belfast

Over 1,000 new NI jobs created within DfC set to generate £35million per year

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

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

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Household Support Fund decision looms as September deadline nears

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

In 2023, there were 121,900 SMEs reported in Northern Ireland, the fewest of all UK regions. Pictured is Ifty Nasir, founder and CEO of Vestd. Credit Vestd

New data: Workers in Northern Ireland are missing out on company benefits

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

People walk near the Jobcentre in Westminster.

DWP warning over Universal Credit changes coming in October

Thousands of Universal Credit claimants are to be affected by new rules that have been introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) this week.

Universal Credit rule change launches this week - are you affected?

Tax Credit warning from HMRC

Tax Credits: reply to renewal now or risk having payments stopped, HMRC warns

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?

Parents claiming Universal Credit will receive hundreds of pounds more from the end of June.

Parents claiming Universal Credit to receive £100s more in shake-up
The Government is raising the amount parents on Universal Credit can claim by almost 50 per cent later this year - here’s what you need to know.
Sophie Wills

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

Thousands of households are being urged to check if they are missing out on Pension Credit, which automatically triggers eligiblity for the cost of living payment and could make you up to £3,500 better off per year.

Days left for thousands of households to apply for cost of living cash

A Universal Credit sign in the window of the Job Centre in Westminster.

Thousands could miss out on £301 cost of living payment - here’s why

The first instalment of the £900 cost of living payments is set to land in bank accounts today. The £301 cash boost from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC will be paid to those who are eligible over the next few weeks from Tuesday, April 25.

Cost of living payment to land in bank accounts from today

Around eight million people across the UK will be getting the £900 cost of living payment over the next year, but only certain benefits qualify for the cash boost.

Benefits that don’t qualify for the £301 cost of living payment

Woman holding an empty purse counting her silver and copper coins & empty purse

Dates released for benefits payments in coming weeks amid cost of living crisis

A total of 14.4 million people were estimated to be in relative low income – below 60% of average household income – in the year to March 2022.

Number of people in poverty in UK back to pre-pandemic levels

What you need to do as deadline to boost state pension extended

PIP designed to improve the quality of life of those suffering from long-term physical disabilities or mental health conditions and could be an additional boost for many especially during the cost of living crisis.

The 21 health conditions that could entitle you to £156 a week

The cash boost will start arriving in bank accounts in the Spring.

DWP confirm new cost of living payments for 2023

Cost of living

Over 300,000 people in NI to start to receive £324 cost-of-living payments
Millions of people on low incomes, including over 300,000 in Northern Ireland, will start to receive payments of £324 into their bank accounts from Tuesday as part of the Government's cost-of-living support.
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The second cost of living payment is due to land in account from November 8.

DWP confirm when second instalment of £324 will be paid this autumn

The report says one in seven 65-year-olds were in income poverty as a result of the pension age rising

Pension age rise ‘increases poverty’

Cost of living

Millions to receive first portion of £650 cost-of-living payment

New Winter Fuel Payment rates for 2022 as millions to get cash boost

Gas prices have been driven up because Russia is a key producer of the fossil fuel (image: Adobe)

Households that claim benefits to have automatic energy bill hikes frozen

Pensioners will see the triple lock return from April 2023 (image: Adobe)

Pensioners could get £770 boost in 2023 as triple lock policy returns

Cold Weather Payment to close in days - check if you can claim £25 energy rebate

It is estimated 134,000 pensioners have been underpaid

Underpayment of pensioners slammed

Boris Johnson pictured hosting Christmas quiz during Covid restrictions last yea...

Around 500,000 workers who claim Universal Credit are estimated to be in line to benefit before Christmas (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is what you need to know about today's Universal Credit changes

Payments from the DWP have been brought forward due to the bank holiday (Getty Images)

This is when benefit payments will be made over the May bank holiday

4.5m Universal Credit claims have been made since the Covid pandemic started - more than a third of the all-time figure (Photo: Shutterstock)

4.5m Universal Credit claims have been made since the Covid pandemic started - m...

Boris Johnson is in favour of a 6 month Universal Credit uplift - but will it be enough? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Boris Johnson is in favour of a 6 month Universal Credit uplift - but will it be...

You could be eligible for monthly PIP benefit payments - here’s how to check if ...

This is when benefits and tax credits will be paid over Christmas and New Year 2...

Benefits to be capped for thousands of struggling families - here's why

You may be eligible for £140 off your winter heating bill - here's how to apply

Universal Credit is changing this week - here’s how it could affect you

A rule change to Universal Credit payments will stop thousands missing out on ca...

Thousands of women are missing out on a boost to their pension (Photo: Shutterstock)

Women who divorce later in life could be missing out on state pension money

Labour said the scheme offers "very little support"

Here’s who is eligible for the government’s new £238m employment scheme - and ho...

Those receiving Universal Credit could see a boost of up to £405 this October, after previously losing out when being moved from other benefits to the new system (Photo: Shutterstock)

Universal Credit claimants may be eligible for an extra £400 in October

Those claiming PIP are being urged to appeal payment decisions if their allowance was stopped after not going to an assessment (Photo: Shutterstock)

If you claim PIP benefits, your payments may have been wrongfully stopped - here...

Campaigners outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, ahead of a ruling on a case brought by campaigners who argue changes to the state pension age have unlawfully discriminated against women born in the 1950s. Photo credit: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Women affected by controversial pension changes lose High Court battle

The extra time aims to be more flexible for working parents (Photo: Shutterstock)

Working parents on Universal Credit now have more time to submit childcare claim...

Anne Taylor (left) and Patsy Franklin from the campaign 'Back to 60' outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, ahead of the first day of a landmark legal case against the Government brought by women affected by the state pension age increase. Pic: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Changes to the state pension age have unlawfully discriminated against women bor...

Rules around pension credit are changing (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pension credit is changing - here’s everything you need to know

The Department is 'in denial' over the problems being caused by the shift to Universal Credit the PAC claims

'˜Unacceptable hardship' caused by Universal Credit

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