Benefits

Government figures released today show that up to an estimated £10.1 billion of pension credit, housing benefit and income support were left unclaimed in a single year

15 November 2018

Read our full round-up of the Chancellor Philip Hammond's 2018 Budget

30 October 2018

Claimants of the personal independence payment will be able to submit appeals online as part of a Government trial

29 May 2018

A scheme to give free sanitary products to women on low incomes has been launched in Scotland

13 July 2017

A few weeks ago the Government launched a new website, the Childcare Service, allowing parents to apply for the Tax-Free Childcare scheme as well as up to 30 free hours of childcare a week.

8 June 2017

Parents signed up to the new Tax-Free Childcare scheme say they can't access cash saved to pay nursery costs

2 June 2017

Users are still having technical problems with government childcare websites two weeks after MSE first reported it

23 May 2017