DWP benefits older people can no longer claim when they reach State Pension age

State Pension provides essential financial support for over 12.4 million older people across the UK, including some 981,399 Scots.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that State Pension payments will increase by 3.1% in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from Monday April 11, 2022.

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Next year, the amount of State Pension people in the UK get paid will change.

Rishi Sunak has announced that the National Insurance Contributions starting threshold will rise by £3,000 to £12,570 from July, meaning employees across the UK will keep more of what they earn before they have to start paying personal tax.

LONDON -- “The Magician” by Irish writer Colm Toibin won Britain’s Rathbones Folio Prize for literature on Tuesday.Toibin’s fictionalized account of the life of German writer Thomas Mann beat seven other finalists to the multi-genre 30,000 pound ($40,000) prize, including South African writer Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel “The Promise,” Selima Hill’s poetry collection “Men Who Feed Pigeons” and Philip Hoare’s art history book “Albert and the Whale.”Toibin, whose novels include “Brooklyn” and “The Master,” was a previous Folio Prize finalist in 2015 for “Nora Webster” and has been on the Booker Prize shortlist three times.The jury of three other writers — Tessa Hadley, William Atkins and Rachel Long — said they surprised themselves by reaching a unanimous decision. They said Toibin’s book “is such a capacious, generous, ambitious novel, taking in a great sweep of 20th century history yet rooted in the intimate detail of one man’s private life.”Founded in 2013 to rival the prestigious Booker Prize, the Folio is open to fiction, nonfiction and poetry from anywhere in the world published in Britain.

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An alarming proportion of young workers in the UK have no plans for their future retirement in place, it has been revealed. It comes after a period of uncertainty stemming from the 18-month lockdown which saw 11.7 million employees out on furlough leave, at a cost of £70 billion.

Some 5.8 million people across the UK are currently claiming Universal Credit with a further estimated five million households receiving additional financial support through Working Tax Credits.

Planning for your retirement can never start too early, especially after the UK workforce experienced an unprecedented period of uncertainty during 18-months of lockdown which saw 11.7 million employees out on furlough leave, at a cost of £70 billion.

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Urgent calls have been made to increase support for older people on low incomes after a survey by Age Scotland found almost all its respondents were worried about paying bills next month.

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We've all seen the headlines, we are in a cost of living crisis. Whether it's the unfolding Russian invasion of Ukraine, or concerns over poverty in the UK, it seems there's plenty to worry about right now.

Martin Lewis has warned that only government action can prevent millions 'starving or freezing' amid soaring energy bills.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed that State Pension payments will increase by 3.1% in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from April 11, 2022.