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The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has confirmed that a review of the State Pension age is “under way”. Mel Stride MP told the House of Commons that he will consider a wide range of evidence, including two independent reports, to assess whether the “rules on pensionable age remain appropriate”.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that over 8 million families across the UK on means-tested benefits will automatically receive a payment of £301 this Spring. It has also announced that over 6.5 million people on disability benefits will receive a £150 payment this summer.

A row has broken out over another delay in the transfer of disability benefits to Holyrood. An extension means the UK-wide DWP could end up delivering the disability living allowance and other payments for an extra three years until 2026.

A new study has discovered that more than half of households across Great Britain are receiving more from the UK Government in state-funded support that they pay in tax. The new findings should be enough of a nudge to encourage more households to check and make sure they are claiming all the support they are entitled to.

The DWP has announced that millions of people on low incomes will receive a cost-of-living cash boost from this spring.

The new Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride has confirmed that the outcome of the State Pension age review will be published before May 2023. The review will consider a wide range of evidence, including findings from two independent reports, to assess whether the rules about State Pension age remain ‘appropriate’.

New Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride, is set to face questions from MPs on November 30 in his first meeting with the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sir Stephen Timms MP.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that more than 11.6 million pensioner households across the UK, including around one million in Scotland, have started to receive a one-off payment worth up to £600 to help with their heating bills this winter.

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation reached 10.1% in September. This matches the 40-year high inflation hit in July and remains well above the UK Government’s target of 2%.

A pensions expert is warning 12.5 million older people across the UK to prepare for a financial blow next week when Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers the Autumn Statement. Ray Black, managing director of chartered financial planning firm, Money Minder, suggests there may be “continued restrictions on State Pension uprating”, higher taxes and more controversially, an increase to National Insurance contributions from April announced on November 17.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that no assessment has been made into the potential costs involved of means-testing Personal Independence Payment (PIP), following Secretary of State Mel Stride’s comments in Parliament last week.

Almost one in four families across the UK will receive £324 from the UK Government this month as the latest cost of living payments are sent out from today. Some 689,000 families across Scotland can expect to receive the payment directly from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) between November 8 and 23.

Thousands of low income Scots are set to receive payments of £324 straight into their bank accounts from today as part of the UK Government's cost-of-living support.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been reluctant to confirm whether State Pension and benefits will be uprated in line with the current inflation rate of 10.1% next April. New DWP boss, Mel Stride, told the House of Commons earlier this week that a decision will not be announced until the Autumn Statement on November 17 at the earliest.

The new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and his team faced a wide range of questions in the House of Commons on Monday, from both sides of the chamber. Mel Stride responded to various queries on the State Pension annual uprating, cost of living support payments, Pension Credit take-up and benefits.

Liz Truss is to hold a press conference today after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor over the mini-budget disaster that tanked the pound.

Kwasi Kwarteng is flying back to London for crisis talks with Liz Truss amid turmoil in the Tory party and economic chaos caused by his mini-budget.

Liz Truss was under fire from her own MPs as they demanded more U-turns on her tax-slashing agenda after she ruled out spending cuts to balance the books.

Kwasi Kwarteng will publish his financial strategy and economic plans earlier than expected, on October 31. It comes after the Chancellor faced mountain pressure to reveal his medium-term fiscal plan.

A government minister said people should consider taking on more hours at work or moving to a better-paid job to combat the rise in the cost of living.