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Vulnerable Post Office customers offered cash deliveries
Vulnerable Post Office customers who need to shield during the coronavirus pandemic can now have cash payments delivered straight to their homes as part of a new scheme
22 April 2020
State pensions to rise by 3.9%
State pensions are expected to rise by 3.9% from next April – the biggest increase since 2012
16 October 2019
New pension credit rules could cost some with younger partners £7,000 a year
Pensioners who live in a couple will only be able to make a new claim for pension credit when both partners are over the state pension age, under new rules to come into effect in May
15 January 2019
Over £10 billion of benefits left unclaimed
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
Fifth of universal credit claimants still paid late
A fifth of universal credit claimants are still receiving their first payment late, a new report reveals
15 June 2018
All 1.6 million personal independence payment claims to be reviewed - are you owed £100s?
Every person receiving a personal independence payment will have their claim reviewed, the Government has said
30 January 2018
Disabled consumers to get a stronger voice with new business champions
Disabled customers and employees are to be given a voice to promote change and trigger improvements in various sectors
21 February 2017
Future widowed parents face being 'pushed onto the breadline' by bereavement payout changes
A new Government payment scheme for widowed parents could end up pushing parents
3 February 2017
Campaigners raise £65,000 for legal challenge to women's state pension changes
WASPI may seek a judicial review on the legality of the changes
21 October 2016
Pensions to follow employees from job to job
Workers will be able to carry small pension pots with them when they move employer from next year onwards
12 February 2015
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