DWP confirms date 8m households will receive first part of £650 cost of living payment next month

Social Security Scotland has confirmed that it started moving existing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants to Adult Disability Payment last month. It began the process of transferring cases from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to the new devolved benefit on June 13.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has responded to an online petition calling on the UK Government to give all disabled people and unpaid carers the £650 means-tested cost of living payment which will be paid in two lump sums starting from next week.

Sad news struck the Aerosmith family. Joey Kramer’s wife, Linda, died on June 22, according to People. She was 55.

EXCLUSIVE: Nat Geo is expanding the Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted franchise with spinoff series Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted Showdown. The new three-part series, which also will feature Ramsay’s daughter Tilly, will premiere at 8 pm on Monday, July 25. It will be followed by previously announced four-part series World of Flavor with Big Moe Cason at 10 pm, making for an all-culinary night.

While the most recent heatwave experienced across the country has already finished, we may soon be getting another one in July, according to the Met Office.

Apple TV+ has given an eight-episode series order to a one-hour drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel The Buccaneers, with Kristine Froseth (The Assistant), Alisha Boe (When You Finish Saving The World), Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell), Aubri Ibrag (Dive Club), Imogen Waterhouse (The Outpost) and Mia Threapleton (Shadows) cast as the buccaneers.

UK passengers could face further travel disruption as EasyJet cabin crew based in Spain are planning to strike for nine days in July. They will stage three separate walkouts over the month, between July 1-3, July 15-17 and July 29-31 - in the row over pay.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has clarified why people in the support group for New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will not be eligible for the £650 Cost of Living Payment.

Calum Scott has released his sophomore album Bridges!

Brits are facing temperatures topping 34C on the hottest day of the year so far, with the Met Office issuing heat warnings throughout the UK. Whether you're still working from home, or if you're trying to get a good night's sleep, staying cool during such extreme weather is vital.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has dismissed a call from Conservative MP, Virginia Crosbie, to assess the “potential merits of extending the £650 support for the rise in energy” to include people on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Carer's Allowance.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has rejected a call from Labour MP, Charlotte Nichols, to widen the eligibility scope for the one-off £650 Cost of Living Payment to include people on contribution-based Employment Support Allowance and other non-means tested benefits.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are set to play Delamere Forest in Cheshire this week, having stunned a Cannock audience in Staffordshire on Sunday. The former Oasis rocker will play the open air gig as part of the Forest Live 2022 series this Thursday, June 16.

New legislation to allow a wider range of healthcare professionals in Scotland, England and Wales to certify fit notes has been introduced by the UK Government to ease pressure on GPs.

Simon Pegg looked back on his addiction to alcohol, admitting that, had he not received treatment, he would “one hundred per cent” be dead.

cancer survivor, Ernie Hudson got rid of cancerous tumours in the prostate and renal area - something that is possible when the disease is caught early. "When I heard the word cancer it was one of the most devastating moments in my life," Ernie reflected. "But we caught it early," he told Fox59.