Thousands of Universal Credit claimants are eligible for £150 extra per week

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has resumed a review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants to identify those who may be due up to £13,000 in backdated benefits as a result of a change in the law.The DWP paused its search for affected claimants in March 2020 in order to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and focus on the increased demands on their services, however, these restarted in October 2020.In a newly released UK Government paper, the DWP states that by January 17, 2021,

Child Benefit for their care.This number helps identify you on UK and Scottish Government systems, including HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Social Security Scotland.However, a worrying new scam involving National Insurance numbers has resulted in a surge of more than 1,000 calls to Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime.Victims have reported receiving an automated telephone call, during which they are told their

David Linden has called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to make the Universal Credit uplift permanent as part of a wider post-covid recovery programme.The Glasgow East MP said axing the uplift - worth £1040 a year to claimants - at a time of rising unemployment would be "unconscionable".Linden, the Nationalists' spokesman on work and pensions, spoke out as the Tory Chancellor prepares to deliver a Budget like no other in recent history.The UK Government says it will set out "the next phase of the plan

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Publishing has signed rising British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone, whose debut EP received a rave review in Variety last fall, to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. The 21-year-old singer was voted No.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that more than 264,000 people have opened a UK Government-backed account designed to help those on low incomes.Total deposits into the Help to Save scheme during the six months from August 2020 to January 2021 exceeded £40 million.This was the highest recorded amount saved in a six-month period since the scheme started in September 2018.The scheme allows certain people entitled to Working Tax Credit or claiming Universal Credit to receive a bonus of 50p for

Covid treatments has been recognised as one of the best in her field after being rejected from university eight times. Holly Keir thought an undergraduate degree would be impossible after going through two rounds of UCAS applications and receiving numerous rejections.

Reformer : “It is critical that the UK Government heeds our calls ahead of their Budget – not only should they make the £20 uplift to Universal Credit permanent, they must extend it to legacy benefits.

Universal Credit in November 2020, up 2.2 million since March.

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is writing to all customers who currently receive their State Pension or benefit payments into a Post Office card account (POca).The letter informs claimants that the POca service is closing and asks them to provide alternative account details.POca has been a way for people to access their money since 2003 and was introduced to provide a ‘simple’ banking facility for those without regular bank accounts, but the UK Government’s contract with the Post Office