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Martin Lewis over a background of £20 notes and folders reading 'pension' 'insurance' and 'savings'.

Martin Lewis reveals thousands are entitled to £10,000 pension top-up after HMRC error

Channel: Money Money 2 days ago By Kristina Beanland
Benefits influencer.

The benefits influencers who are telling people how to 'game' the system

Channel: UK UK April 4, 2025 By Jasper King

'I'm LGBTQ+ and disabled - losing my benefits means I will lose my independence'

Channel: UK UK March 27, 2025 By Josh Milton
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Thomas Krych/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15189654dg) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions LIZ KENDALL, leaves Downing Street after a weekly Cabinet Meeting. Cabinet Meeting In Downing Street, London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 2025

People who don't hit new Pip threshold 'to be more than £4,000 a year worse off'

Channel: Politics Politics March 19, 2025 By Craig Munro
? Joel Goodman - 07973 332324 - all rights reserved . 15/02/2024. Staffordshire, UK . The home of ERICA CROMPTON (43) , pictured in the upstairs guest suite, and her partner Paul Nicholls (42), in Silverdale . Photo credit : Joel Goodman

I live with psychosis – cutting benefits won’t cure my life-long disability

Channel: UK UK March 27, 2025 By Erica Crompton
Martin Lewis over a background of £20 notes and folders reading 'pension' 'insurance' and 'savings'.

Martin Lewis issues urgent £10,000 pension warning as April 5 deadline looms

Channel: Money Money 2 days ago By Kristina Beanland
Play Video Screen grab of Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall making a statement on welfare reform in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Tuesday March 18, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Benefits. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Full list of PIP disability benefit changes after Government unveils welfare reforms

Channel: Politics Politics March 19, 2025 By Craig Munro
Young woman with disability with her dog at home

Cuts to disability benefit 'would be catastrophic for people across the country'

Channel: Politics Politics March 18, 2025 By Craig Munro
Hannah Shewan Stevens: Disability benefits

I gave up disability benefits - they weren't worth the stress

Channel: Money Money March 18, 2025 By Hannah Shewan Stevens
Martin Lewis over a background of £20 notes and folders reading 'pension' 'insurance' and 'savings'.

Martin Lewis warns Brits of 'urgent deadline' to boost state pension by £10,000s

Channel: Money Money March 18, 2025 By Kristina Beanland

Martin Lewis shares 'scary' rule of thumb for how much you should be saving

Channel: Money Money February 5, 2025 By Jessica Lindsay
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM JANUARY 21, 2025: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall leaves 10 Downing Street after attending the weekly Cabinet meeting in London, United Kingdom on January 21, 2025. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

£3,000,000,000 cut to benefits will 'push disabled people into poverty'

Channel: Politics Politics January 27, 2025 By Craig Munro
GLENCOE, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 08: A walker passes Black Rock Cottage in front of Buachaille Etive Mor on January 08, 2025 in Glencoe, United Kingdom. The Met Office has issued weather warnings as a cold snap sweeps across the UK, bringing bouts of ice, snow, and rain. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Cold Weather payment checker shows if your postcode is eligible for £25

Channel: UK UK January 8, 2025 By Jen Mills
People walk through snow in Balerno, Edinburgh. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued cold weather health alerts for all of England ahead of a week of low temperatures. Amber alerts have been issued from 12pm on Thursday until January 8, meaning a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions, is likely, the UKHSA said. Picture date: Friday January 3, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

How to find out if your postcode is eligible for cold weather payment

Channel: UK UK January 8, 2025 By Jen Mills

Who is eligible for pension credit - and how to claim?

Channel: Money Money December 31, 2024 By Rachael Martin
Woman sitting at the office desk and reading letter with christmas tree in the background

Full list of Christmas benefits pay dates for DWP and HMRC

Channel: UK UK December 23, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen
(FILES) A smart meter indicating how many kWh (kilowatt-hour) of energy has been used already in one day, and how much it has cost in pounds sterling, is pictured in a house in London, on December 13, 2022. The price cap on energy bills for most UK households will rise this winter, regulator Ofgem said on November 23, 2023, further fuelling a cost-of-living crisis that is forecast to worsen. Bills will climb from January on rising wholesale energy prices, which have increased due to key producer Russia's war in Ukraine, Ofgem said in a statement. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Thousands of pensioners at risk of missing Winter Fuel Payment this Christmas

Channel: UK UK December 18, 2024 By Kyriakos Petrakos

I thought my Christmas bonus would help - it was only £10

Channel: Money Money December 11, 2024 By Alicia Cartwright

Five ways Keir Starmer could spend £240,000,000 to 'Get Britain Working'

Channel: Politics Politics November 26, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
People make their way through snow in Whitby. Hundreds of schools are shut, some for a fourth day, as weather warnings including an amber alert remain in place across many parts of the country. Picture date: Thursday January 18, 2024. PA Photo. Much of the UK endured temperatures below freezing overnight, with preliminary data from the Met Office indicating the mercury fell to as low as minus 11C in England and minus 10C in Scotland. See PA story WEATHER Cold. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson /PA Wire

Full list of postcodes eligible for cold weather payment

Channel: UK UK January 4, 2025 By Jen Mills