The usual benefits and pensions payments will be going out mostly as normal in March. These are: However, if your payment date falls on Good Friday (29 March) or Easter Monday (1 April) you should ...

Universal Credit claimants can access a Funeral Expenses Payment, provided they are the partner, close relative or close friend of the deceased; the parent of a baby stillborn after 24 weeks of ...

Some of the hundreds of disabled people left homeless on London’s streets have described how they came to be living in tents just yards from where the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used ...

The DWP has also set out a timetable for people in receipt of combinations of legacy benefits including Income Support, Tax Credits, Housing Benefits, Income Based Employment and Support Allowance ...

Hardship payments are available if your benefits have been reduced or stopped due to a sanction. According to Turn2Us, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) calculates your hardship payment based ...

There are also nearly one million older people eligible for Pension Credit not claiming the £3,900 annual income top-up.

Four years ago, about 11.7 million UK employees were furloughed, their jobs and wages protected by a government scheme. Those who had just changed job were left out – and that hardship still affects t ...