Successful PIP claim could instantly boost your Universal Credit or legacy benefit payments

iOS - Android There were 34,463 people claiming Universal Credit in North Lanarkshire during early July, meaning 475 more residents than the previous month made claims. A DWP spokesman told Lanarkshire Live : "In North Lanarkshire we are working with employers and have large numbers of vacancies currently or in the pipeline for call centre agents, warehouse and logistics operatives and care sector.

single mum has told of how the cut to Universal Credit payments could see her plunged into debt once again. Families who claim the benefit are set to see their income drop by £20 a week - the equivalent of £1,040 a year - as a temporary boost to payments, introduced during the coronavirus pandemic, comes to an end in October.

Jockey, which won the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Special Jury award for star Clifton Collins Jr.’s acting, will hit New York and LA theaters on Dec. 29. Sony Pictures Classics acquired the film out of the Park City, Utah festival. The movie will expand across the country following its exclusive debut.

After posing for gorgeous photographs, Sam Aston and his stunning wife Briony sat down to tell us all about their experience of parenthood.

a two day visit to Scotland, insisted the best way to tackle poverty was to help more people into work. Analysis by the respected Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggests that cutting Universal Credit by £20 per week back to its pre-pandemic level was the single biggest drop in benefits since the welfare state was established in 1948.

iOS - Android At its peak, around 900,000 people across the UK were using the Post office to collect payments, but over the past three years the DWP and HMRC have been writing to claimants and encouraging them to have benefits and pensions paid directly into a bank account instead.HMRC recently issued a warning to Tax Credit claimants that the POCa deadline is drawing nearer and urged its customers to use the renewal pack to enter updated payment information, including a change of account such

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a change this month that will have an impact on at least 200,000 self-employed people across Scotland and the rest of the UK currently claiming Universal Credit.

Billie Eilish has been praised in a new study for possessing the biggest vocabulary in modern pop.The new findings follow on from the release last week of the singer’s second studio album ‘Happier Than Ever’.Word search tool operators Wordtips have examined the vocabularies of Spotify’s most listened-to active artists – who make up their list of ‘modern pop stars’ – by counting the words used by each artist in their lyrics and adding up the number of unique words they used per 1,000.Eilish tops

Little Mix celebrate hitting a landmark 100 weeks in the Top 10 on the Official Singles Chart - more than any other girl group in UK chart history. 

EXCLUSIVE: Grantham Coleman is set to join Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu latest film, which is currently shooting in Mexico City. The Spanish-language movie going by the title Limbo also stars Daniel Giménez Cacho, the Mexican actor who starred in Lucrecia Martel’s Zama.

Universal Credit. As the Tory chancellor arrives north of the Border today, he was sent a cross-party message from politicians and campaigners that he is endangering trust in the UK Government by plunging thousands of Scottish children into poverty.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people aged over 16 and under State Pension age with a disability, long-term illness or mental health condition who need help completing daily tasks inside their home or getting around outside it.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) spoke to more than 600 people who have recently applied for Universal Credit (UC) and discovered that seven in ten found the process difficult.

people in financial difficulty or face "interventions" from the regulator. New research shows that many people on low incomes are struggling to afford internet access and not all of them are receiving support from their supplier, Ofcom said.