Universal Credit and benefits changes to be introduced

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An independent think tank founded by former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has called on the government to provide an £700 emergency cash boost to help poorer families struggling under the pressures of soaring household costs.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed changes to some benefits and State Pension payment dates due to the upcoming bank holidays in the first week of June.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared details of a new £613 million plan to stop an estimated £4 billion being lost in fraud and error over the next five years.

A man found himself locked up in a Croatian cell for his entire holiday after border guards discovered he was trying to enter the country with someone else's passport.

The weather is getting warmer by the day and the school summer holidays are almost within grasp. Many of us can't wait to get away from it all with a week or two in the sun.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has now restarted the ‘managed migration’ process of moving legacy benefit claimants over to Universal Credit, with the aim of completing the transfer for 2.6 million people over the next two years.

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Frances McDormand and Joel Coen are set to headline as ‘masters’ at the second edition of the Ponta Lopud Festival next month.

A Brit left in a coma after falling from a balcony while on holiday in Croatia has told how she has had to learn to walk and talk again. Jennifer Walsh was getting ready for a night out with friends when she fell from a hotel balcony in Dubrovnik and 'nearly died.'

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has issued a warning to anybody on Universal Credit in the UK. There are currently around 2.6 million people in the country who are receiving the benefit payment.

A mum said she felt "intimidated" by a bailiff's demand for £400 after a dispute over a parking ticket. Jemma Martin was given the penalty after parking over a white line during a family day out at the seaside.

ITVBe The Only Way Is Essex star Liam Gatsby has been rushed to hospital for a "life changing" operation. The 33-year-old - joined the ITVBe show in 2015 - faces surgery. He will undergo a gruelling recovery after the op, he has announced.

A change from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will see thousands of people lose their benefits as all claimants are set to be moved over to Universal Credit by the end of 2024.

Benefits have announced plans for a headline UK tour in the autumn.The Teesside punk outfit will hit the road in November kicking off at Glasgow Stereo on November 18 with further dates lined up in Sunderland, Southampton, Exeter, Bristol Birmingham, London, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds. You can view the full list of dates below.Tickets go on sale on Friday (April 29) at 10am and can be purchased here.Frontman Kingsley Hall also shared a lengthy message apologising for not being able to play Wales and Northern Ireland yet along with a host of towns and cities.Before you ask… pic.twitter.com/8DdMJVfBB2— Benefits (@Benefitstheband) April 27, 2022“There’s loads of places we’d liked to play that we’ve so far managed to miss – Wales, Northern Ireland, most of Scotland, East Anglia, the bit between London and the Midlands and we WILL rectify this, please be patient, we’re not ignoring you,” he wrote.“With a big wedge of luck and a decent slot at a pressing plant we’re hoping to have something to promote around this time next year and when that happens we want to be everywhere.