Department for Work and Pensions

A significant change to the benefits system came into effect earlier this year and many people may not yet realise how much it could affect the support available to them.

Universal Credit claimants could receive £2K less a year under new rule change

An elderly person looks at cash at home. Winter Fuel Payments for 2025/26 will start arriving in November, with most paid by December (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

DWP confirms when millions of pensioners will get Winter Fuel Payment

More people claiming Universal Credit for health or disability reasons in Wakefield are unable to work, new figures show.

More health-related Universal Credit claimants in Wakefield unable to work

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Winter Fuel Payment 2025: which pensioners must apply - as claims open

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The 4 pensioner groups ineligible for this year's Winter Fuel Payment

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Major State Pension error could owe 300,000 over-60s £5k or more

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Labour restores Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners

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Major Winter Fuel Payment update as Government says 'more will get it'

Jon Trickett, MP for Normanton and Hemsworth, said he will oppose the government’s proposals to overhaul the welfare system, which MPs will vote on in June.

Labour MP to vote against planned welfare reforms in June

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Household Support Fund - when councils will announce funding details

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Urgent deadline to boost State Pension with NI top-ups looms

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is reportedly set to reveal £6billion worth of potential benefit cuts, as laid out in measures seen by ITV News last week.These

Thousands of people in Wakefield to see PIP disability benefit frozen

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Pensioners must apply for Pension Credit soon to get Winter Fuel aid
The deadline to claim pension credit and unlock winter fuel support is fast approaching 🕒
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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

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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

1000s of households to get direct cost-of-living payments up to £500

Around 700,000 families who receive tax credits and no other qualifying benefits will receive their £299 Cost of Living Payment from today, February 16 2024, to help with everyday costs.

Final cost of living payment underway for people on benefits and tax credits

Normanton mum Rachel Hill has always dedicated herself to education, childcare and Special Educational Needs (SEN) for both children and their families.

Wakefield mum on a mission to change the way people view disability

Alison France, from Wakefield, has had her decades of dedicated service supporting people in need as a member of the Department for Work and Pensions congratulated as she was awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours.

'Grateful' Wakefield DWP worker receives MBE in New Year Honours list

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.

Breaking Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn
Around eight million households qualify for the £300 cash boost - here’s the exact date it will land in bank accounts.
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People walk near the Jobcentre in Westminster.

DWP warning over Universal Credit changes coming in October

Councillor Maureen Cummings with workers in the Agbrigg and Belle Vue Community Centre garden.

New garden opens for green-fingered adults with disabilities

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?

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200-year-old Pontefract pub could be converted to cafe and flats

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

Universal credit is a benefit available to those out of work, disabled or below a threshold of earnings and savings.

Number of people on universal credit hits all-time high in Wakefield

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

Department for Work and Pensions figures show 12,411 children in Wakefield were living in relative poverty in the year ending April 2022.

More than 12,400 Wakefield children living in relative poverty

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

A total of 27 families in Wakefield, 44 families in Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, 50 families in Hemsworth and 23 families in Morley and Outwood who were affected by the cap.

Wakefield families having benefits capped despite being not expected to work

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

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

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Households will receive the money in two instalments, with an initial payment of £326, the Department for Work and Pensions has announced.

Exact date people in Wakefield will get the first part of a £650 cost of living ...

Martin Lewis pensioners that are due a payment could receive as much as £3,300 per year (Photo: ITV)

Warning 850,000 households missing out on up £3,300 per year

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

Universal Credit is a monthly payment available to those on low incomes and those out of work.

Number of people on Universal Credit in Wakefield at highest level since May 202...

Figures suggest food bank use fell below pre-pandemic levels in Wakefield last year.

Use of Wakefield foodbanks falls below pre-pandemic levels

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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

Thousands of people in Wakefield have taken the Government to tribunal over disability benefit payments – and nearly two-thirds won, figures show.

Thousands of disabled Wakefield people challenge the Government at benefits trib...

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

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