DWP announces plans to shake up disability welfare

People who suffer from certain neurological conditions could be eligible for extra financial support from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).

Thousands of households across the UK will begin getting an extra £150 in winter support from October.

If there's at least one person aged between 66 and 79 in your household you'll likely receive £500 to help with your fuel bills this winter. Pensions Minister Laura Trott also said households with someone aged 80 and over will receive £600, BirminghamLive reports.

Millions across the country are set to receive the second instalment of the Cost of Living payment this autumn.

The cost of living crisis has forced many people to tighten their belts, especially students.

A number of support payments from the government will be issued in the coming months.

A grass pitch at Oldham’s Boundary Park stadium is to be replaced with a 3G multi-sports surface which will allow more youth and rugby teams to train.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed when millions will receive £300 this autumn as part of the £900 cost of living payment.

Millions of benefit claimants could receive a Christmas bonus from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) this year.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the payment window for the second part of the £900 means-tested cost of living support will open next month. Some eight million households across Great Britain, including thousands across Scotland, will receive £300 directly into their bank account from the DWP between Monday, October 31 and Sunday, November 19, 2023.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the dates for when millions of households will receive the next £300 cost of living payment.

Fast food giant Burger King is recruiting up to 30 staff ahead of opening a new drive-thru restaurant in Bolton. A new branch is set to open at Bridgewater Avenue, near the Logistics North and the M61 junction 4.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been encouraged to “look again” at the use of informal observations made by health assessors during consultations for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The calls came from MPs participating in a debate earlier this week, which discussed the current PIP assessment process and the proposed plans for changes under the DWP White Paper.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be able to apply for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) entirely online from next year. New claims for PIP have been replaced in Scotland by Adult Disability Payment and are no longer processed by the DWP.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made it clear there will be no changes to the existing eligibility criteria for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), following reports that the Treasury may have been considering making it a means-tested benefit in order ro reduce annual welfare costs.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a new consultation on changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). The consultation will look at updating the WCA’s categories so they better reflect the modern world of work and the opportunities more readily available to disabled people.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared new plans to improve disability health assessments for people with fluctuating conditions. The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Tom Pursglove MP, told the House of Commons on Monday that through the ‘Health and Disability White Paper’, “we have advocated for a number of tests and trials, including one that focuses specifically on better capturing fluctuating conditions”.

The latest figures show that during the 2022/23 financial year, some 5,300 people successfully challenged the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over its initial decision not to award them Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Of that total, some 1,500 claimants have also been awarded at least one enhanced payment rate of either the daily living or mobility component of the disability benefit through the Mandatory Reconsideration process.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently published online guidance explaining how next of kin, or an executor of someone’s estate, can request information about State Pension underpayments - worth up to an average of £11,650 - for someone who has died. The DWP estimates that due to historical errors, some 165,000 older people have been underpaid their State Pension by £1.2billion.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates that 850,000 pensioner households may be entitled to an average annual income boost of more than £3,500, but do not claim it as they wrongly believe that because they have savings or own their own home they would not be eligible for Pension Credit.