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A new Government payment scheme for widowed parents could end up pushing some claimants "onto the breadline" according to a mum of two who has relied on "lifesaving" payouts made under the existing system since her husband passed away six years ago.

A campaign group fighting controversial changes to the women's state pension age has so far raised over £65,000 in a bid to crowdfund a legal challenge against the Government.

Workers will be able to carry small pension pots with them from job to job from next year onwards under plans outlined by Pensions Minister Steve Webb.

More pensioners will be eligible to receive a £140 electricity rebate this winter as part of the Warm Home Discount scheme. But while many will receive the discount automatically, others may need to ask their supplier to get the reduction.

Over 50,000 separated parents in England, Scotland and Wales have been sent letters by the Government warning that they will face a charge for administering child maintenance payments unless they can reach an amicable agreement.

Thousands of social housing tenants have been wrongly hit by the so-called bedroom tax and are due money back, it has emerged.

Most people on benefits who are out of work feel ill-prepared for the switch to universal credit, according to new research from Citizens Advice.

Plans to end "rip-off" pension charges, which could wipe tens of thousands of pounds off your retirement savings pot, have been set out by the Government.

Your workplace pension could be better value in future after the Office of Fair Trading announced a crackdown on providers which let down savers with poor-value schemes.