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The UK Government recently published the Health and Disability White Paper, which lays out proposed reforms to the benefits system. As part of its shake-up, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced plans to end the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) to encourage people who need to claim benefits back into work.

A Labour MP campaigning to reform the DWP has said he is not considering devolving more benefits to Scotland.

Kate Garraway surprised her Good Morning Britain co-host when she suddenly revealed what she'll be up to this weekend before explaining the special plan. The presenter was back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Friday (April 21) alongside Adil Ray.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has clarified that not every jobcentre participating in a new pilot scheme rollout will be testing all three elements involved. Some 90 jobcentres across Central Scotland and parts of England will be taking part in the pilot scheme by March 27, which could see more than 120,000 Universal Credit claimants receive additional support.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently said that it expects to complete the correction exercise into State Pension underpayments for two groups of women by the end of this year. The Pensions Minister said the exercise for those on CAT BL and CAT D should be completed in 2023, but could run through to “late 2024”.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said that it expects to complete the correction exercise into State Pension underpayments for two groups of women by the end of next year. The Pensions Minister said the exercise for those on CAT BL and CAT D should be completed in 2023, but could run through to “late 2024”

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced it expects to complete the correction exercise into State Pension underpayments for two groups of claimants by the end of next year. The Pensions Minister said on Monday the exercise for those on CAT BL and CAT D should be completed in 2023, but could run through to “late 2024”

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.

The most recent report by the public spending watchdog on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) accounts has revealed that around 237,000 people over State Pension age have been underpaid a total of £1.46 billion. The underpayments average around £8,900 per person.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has shared important new information about the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) to those using traditional pre-payment meters. Earlier this month, PayPoint highlighted how hundreds of thousands of energy customers have not yet redeemed their top-up voucher, worth £66.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that no assessment has been made into the potential costs involved of means-testing Personal Independence Payment (PIP), following Secretary of State Mel Stride’s comments in Parliament last week.

In May this year, figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that there are now 4.8 million disabled people across the country in employment, an increase of 1.3 million since 2017, delivering on a UK Government goal to see one million more in work by 2027.

The new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and his team faced a wide range of questions in the House of Commons on Monday, from both sides of the chamber. Mel Stride responded to various queries on the State Pension annual uprating, cost of living support payments, Pension Credit take-up and benefits.

More than half a million of the most vulnerable people across the country have been denied a £326 cost-of-living payment to help with rising bills.

More than half a million struggling Brits were denied a £326 summer cost-of-living payment to help with rocketing bills. Boris Johnson offered the fund - the first half of a total £650 - to more than 8 million people on benefits in July to show them “we are on their side”.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started dropping one-off payments for £326 into bank accounts of benefit claimants across the country on July 14. The cash is the first instalment of the means-tested £650 cost of living payment which is being made to millions of households this year.

Scots pensioners who carry on working after retirement age are set to be an average of £2,300 worse off over the next two years because of three broken Tory promises, Labour has claimed.

Keir Starmer completed a major reshuffle of the Labour shadow cabinet at Westminster with the return of veteran MP Yvette Cooper as shadow home secretary to face Priti Patel in the House of Commons.

A gust of wind sent TV equipment crashing down onto an MP as he attempted a live interview in blustery conditions.Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth managed to catch a lighting rig as it nearly toppled onto him during a segment on Sky News on Sunday morning.Presenter Sophy Ridge held her face in her hands as she watched the MP battle the elements from his Leicester constituency.Mr Ashworth, who was speaking about the latest developments on a coronavirus vaccine, tried to continue as the

leaving a car park 'filled with sick people', and that hundreds of people in Bury queued for hours for a test. Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: "Over the weekend in Bolton, where infections are highest in the country, a mobile testing centre failed to turn up.

was asked by his opposite number, Jonathan Ashworth, why public health departments were still not getting daily patient-identifiable results, instead having to wait a week to receive information that does not show who has the disease. In response, the health secretary said: “The hon.

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Andrew Marr has said that Nick Robinson will host his politics show this Sunday following the death of his father.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced the senior members of his new shadow cabinet after his landslide victory in the Labour leadership race.

Private hospital beds should be taken over by the state to cope with the impact of coronavirus Labour and a major trade union said.