New DWP weekly payment rates from April for PIP, State Pension, Universal Credit and other benefits

Neighbours fans can officially get excited as some more soap favourites will officially be returning to the revived show, set to premiere later this year. Fans of the long-running Aussie soap were left devastated when it was announced in February 2022 that Neighbours was coming to an end after a 37-year run, with a tear-jerking final episode aired on Channel 5 later that year.

Thousands of Brits could see their benefits cut after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) implemented a new rule this week.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will implement a series of changes that will affect anyone receiving Universal Credit and other benefit payments.

Avril Lavigne, wearing a tie around her neck, posed with her award for Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. “When I was 17, I was such a tomboy,” Lavigne told The Huffington Post in September 2011. “I would wear something in my music video and then wear the same thing on the red carpet.”

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been urged to do more to clarify when people can expect to retire and receive their state pension.

A former pensions minister has warned the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign (WASPI) that they are likely to receive “tiny bits of compensation” and not the “thousands and thousands” they may be expecting once the Parliamentary Ombudsman has released its final report.

A think-tank has warned many people on benefits will be financially worse off until 2025 due to a failure in payments keeping up with inflation. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the annual uprating of benefits in April will “merely take them back to around the real level they were at a year earlier”.

Brix Smith has posted three new songs from her forthcoming solo album ‘Valley Of The Dolls’.The post-punk icon, who was a member of The Fall and founder of The Extricated as well as The Adult Net, has also set a date for the album’s release: March 10 via Republic of Music.Smith’s band comprises My Bloody Valentine duo Deb George (bass) and Jen Marco (keyboards and guitar), along with Vas Antoniadou (drums) and Ros Cairney (guitar) from rising London duo Deux Furieuses.The tracks she has shared, which you can listen to below, include ‘Fast Net’, ‘Aphrodite’ and ‘California Smile’.Smith previously said of the album: “During lockdown I was put together by a manager to write. I wanted to stop doing The Extricated, I wanted to do something else, I didn’t know what.“I was put together as a songwriter with Youth. His manager said, ‘Youth is a Shaman and you’re a witch so you two are perfect together’.

The latest figures from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of February, 2022 there were 124,081 people living in Scotland receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance. Across Great Britain, there are now more than 1.5 million people over State Pension age getting either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through the benefit.

The latest statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that by the end of October, there were more than three million people across the UK claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), including 329,334 living in Scotland. The figures also show that nearly half a million people of State Pension age are also in receipt of PIP.

A pensions deadline is approaching that could cost anyone between the ages of 45 and 70 thousands of pounds if missed, Martin Lewis has warned. The money saving expert issued the plea on the Martin Lewis Podcast, after missing his regular ITV slot due to family commitments.

Basic and New State Pension payments will soon increase by 10.1 per cent for some 12.6 million older people across the country, including around one million living in Scotland. The honouring of the Triple Lock rule means that older people are set for an income boost of up to £75 per month from April.

Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young officially introduced their new baby boy, Tristan Jay El Moussa, to their millions of social media fans Wednesday, Feb. 15.

New research from Standard Life suggests that one in seven (14%) retirees received less money from their State Pension than they were expecting, indicating a possible need for more accessible information on how the contributory benefit is calculated - in advance of reaching retirement age.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced its changes to weekly rates for many benefit payments.

The annual benefits uprating was approved in Parliament last week, which means that most benefits and State Pension will rise by 10.1 per cent in April. During the debate before the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023 was submitted to the House of Commons, several MPs called on the UK Government not to forget the plight of WASPI women.

State Pension payments are set to increase by 10.1 per cent from April for merely 12.5 million people across Great Britain, including 992,052 living in Scotland. However, despite a record-breaking rise in payments of the contributory benefit, it is estimated that over 1.8 million pensioners are receiving less than £100 per week in State Pension payments.

A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to require all energy firms to offer a fixed monthly rate for older people and those with a disability. The petition also calls for “no per unit charges for gas and electricity” for those household groups.

The annual benefits uprating was approved in Parliament earlier this week, which means that most benefits and State Pension will rise by 10.1 per cent in April. During the debate before the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023 was passed, the SNP’s David Linden pressed for change within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

State Pension currently provides essential financial support for 12.5 million older people across the country, including more than one million retirees living in Scotland. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is currently 66 for both men and women, and have paid at least 10 years' worth of National Insurance Contributions.