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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed that over 8 million families across the UK on means-tested benefits will automatically receive a payment of £301 this Spring. It has also announced that over 6.5 million people on disability benefits will receive a £150 payment this summer.

An estimated 19.2 million families and 39.8 million individuals across Great Britain currently in receipt of State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will see their payments go up by 10.1 per cent next month. However, due to payments made in arrears most people will not see a difference until May.

Millions of people across Great Britain are waiting to find out the qualifying period and payment window for the first part of the £900 means-tested cost of living support, which is due to be made this Spring. There is a possibility that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may announce more details about the £37 billion cost of living financial package when he delivers his Spring Budget on Wednesday, March 15.

A hammer blow to the UK’s hugely successful high-end TV (HETV) tax credit could be struck in next week’s budget and a prominent politician has written to the Chancellor urging him to reconsider.

A wide variety of DWP benefit payments will be increasing soon.

Martin Lewis has provided an optimistic prediction as people all across the country grow anxious over their bills going up in April.

The Chancellor will announce the Spring Budget soon which may have a direct impact on your personal finances.

Millions of families across the country have cut household spending and reduced outgoings in an effort to offset the ongoing cost of living crisis which shows no sign of easing up despite extended financial support from the UK Government for 2023/24. The £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme is set to finish at the end of this month and the current £2,500 Energy Price Guarantee is due to rise to £3,000 from April 1, although a campaign led by Martin Lewis has urged Chancellor Jeremy Hunt not to implement the £500 increase.

An estimated 19.2 million families and 39.8 million individuals across Great Britain currently in receipt of State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will see their payments go up by 10.1 per cent next month. However, due to payments made in arrears most people will not see a difference until May.

NHS staff and rail workers are among those striking in March, as ongoing disputes over pay and working conditions escalate amid the cost of living crisis.

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

Millions of households across the UK risk seeing a dramatic increase in their council tax from April.

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

An estimated 19.2 million families and 39.8 million individuals across Great Britain currently in receipt of State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will see their payments go up by 10.1 per cent later this year.

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 Bank of England has hiked interest rates for the tenth time in a row, putting even more pressure on households amid the ongoing cost of living crisis. The Bank said the decision on Thursday was taken to help keep inflation under control and indicated that it might be nearing the end of its successive interest rate rises.

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 UK Government recently said that it “remains committed” to completing the managed migration move from legacy benefits to Universal Credit within the planned timescale. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in November 2022 that people on Employment and Support Allowance alone (ESA) will not be moved from the older IT system to Universal Credit until 2028/29.

Hundreds of North Sea jobs are at risk following a Scots oil and gas company's decision to 'diversify internationally.'

An estimated 19.2 million families and 39.8 million individuals across Great Britain currently in receipt of State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will see their payments go up by 10.1 per cent later this year.

The UK Government has announced that it “remains committed” to completing the managed migration move from legacy benefits to Universal Credit within the planned timescale. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in November that people on Employment and Support Allowance alone (ESA) will not be moved from the older IT system to Universal Credit until 2028/29.

The cancelling of a multi-billion pound shipbuilding order would be "catastrophic" and put thousands of Scottish jobs at risk, the SNP has warned. The £2.5billion plan to build five new Type 32 frigates at Rosyth shipyard could be cancelled as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt plans to divert funding elsewhere, according to the Sunday Times.

Millions of people across the UK claiming disability benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Social Security Scotland are set for a bumper payment boost this year.

The DWP has announced that millions of people on low incomes will receive a cost-of-living cash boost from this spring.

Energy bills are rising for everybody and even with the UK Government’s £400 Energy Bill Support Scheme and £2,500 Energy Price Guarantee in place until the end of March, millions of households are set to feel the financial squeeze tighten even further in the new year as temperatures continue to sit in single figures.

Last month, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that the UK Government’s review of the State Pension age will be published in early 2023 and is scheduled to be made available to the public in May. At the start of this year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) launched a second review of the State Pension age, which is now 66 for men and women across the UK.

An estimated 19.2 million families and 39.8 million individuals across the UK currently in receipt of State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will see their payments go up by 10.1% next year.

Millions of people across the UK claiming disability benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Social Security Scotland are set for a bumper payment boost next year.

Basic and New State Pension payments will increase next year by 10.1% for some 12.5 million older people across the UK, including 992,052 living in Scotland. The honouring of the Triple Lock rule was confirmed last month during Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement and means that older people are set for an income boost from April, 2023.

During the Autumn Statement last month, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a series of new cost of living payments to help millions of households across the country mitigate the impact of ever-increasing inflation and rising energy bills during 2023/24.