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An elderly person looks at cash at home. Winter Fuel Payments for 2025/26 will start arriving in November, with most paid by December (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

DWP confirms when millions of pensioners will get Winter Fuel Payment

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Winter Fuel Payment 2025: which pensioners must apply - as claims open

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The 4 pensioner groups ineligible for this year's Winter Fuel Payment

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Major State Pension error could owe 300,000 over-60s £5k or more

WASPI campaigners and members of the South Tyneside Alliance Group outside South Shields Town Hall

Angry scenes as WASPI row flares with 'betrayal' slammed

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Labour restores Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners

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What to do if your loved one dies - practical first steps

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech during a visit to Mellor Bus in Rochdale on June 4, 2025, to announce investments in regional transport (Photo: PETER BYRNE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Major Winter Fuel Payment update as Government says 'more will get it'

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Household Support Fund - when councils will announce funding details

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Urgent deadline to boost State Pension with NI top-ups looms

Heworth Grange School is committed to improving students' confidence for a competitive job market

Students empowered with key skills for the future with employability workshops

Police are treating the discovery of a man’s body in South Shields as “not suspicious”. Photo: Northumbria Police.

Police carry out raids over suspected benefit fraud

How to access DWP and local financial support during half-term break

Pensioners must apply for Pension Credit soon to get Winter Fuel aid

1000s to receive £300 as new Household Support Fund schemes launched
Local councils are offering vital support through the Household Support Fund 💡
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The true depth of child poverty is worse than free school meals data suggests

Concerns raised over the dire state of child poverty in England

A member of the public walks through the snow in Victoria Park in Glasgow in February 2021 (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Cold Weather Payment: eligibility - and how to claim extra winter cash

Pictured are: Steven Welsh, Candidate Engagement Manager Zenith Training, Beckie Docherty, Marketing Manager Zenith Training, Gillian Dickinson Employer Adviser at DWP South Shields Job Centre, Head of Learning at Nexus Maureen Askew and Metro Station Delivery Manager Lynne Dickinson.

Metro aims to cut South Tyneside job and skills gap with new scheme

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Families eligible for £500 support payment - with hours left to apply

Thousands are eligible for a £500 support payment - but deadlines near

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Household Support Fund decision looms as September deadline nears

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Thousands of UK households to receive up to £600 in government support

1000s of households to get direct cost-of-living payments up to £500

Social Care Academy Launches in South Tyneside

New Social Care Academy launched in South Tyneside

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Social Care Academy set to launch in South Tyneside next week

The DWP will pay more than seven million households and HMRC will follow with around 830,000 more, taking the total number of households eligible for the cost of living payment to around eight million.

Breaking Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn
Around eight million households qualify for the £300 cash boost - here’s the exact date it will land in bank accounts.
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People walk near the Jobcentre in Westminster.

DWP warning over Universal Credit changes coming in October

Thousands of Universal Credit claimants are to be affected by new rules that have been introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) this week.

Universal Credit rule change launches this week - are you affected?

Around six million people are set to receive a £150 cost of living payment- here’s what you need to know and how to check if you’re eligible for the cash boost.

Millions to receive £150 cost of living payment soon - am I eligible?

Parents claiming Universal Credit will receive hundreds of pounds more from the end of June.

Parents claiming Universal Credit to receive £100s more in shake-up

More than six million households will be eligible for the £150 disability cost of living payment, with the money set to start hitting bank accounts from next month.

Exact date six million people will get £150 cost of living payment

Thousands of households are being urged to check if they are missing out on Pension Credit, which automatically triggers eligiblity for the cost of living payment and could make you up to £3,500 better off per year.

Days left for thousands of households to apply for cost of living cash

A Universal Credit sign in the window of the Job Centre in Westminster.

Thousands could miss out on £301 cost of living payment - here’s why

The first instalment of the £900 cost of living payments is set to land in bank accounts today. The £301 cash boost from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC will be paid to those who are eligible over the next few weeks from Tuesday, April 25.

Cost of living payment to land in bank accounts from today

Around eight million people across the UK will be getting the £900 cost of living payment over the next year, but only certain benefits qualify for the cash boost.

Benefits that don’t qualify for the £301 cost of living payment

Women against state pension inequality (WASPI) protest outside the Houses of Parliament. Picture by Isabel Infantes via Getty Images

EMMA LEWELL-BUCK MP: The WASPI women deserve justice, they deserve proper compen...

Child poverty figures.

Over a quarter of South Tyne kids living 'in poverty'

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Local campaign slams newest North East child poverty figures

What you need to do as deadline to boost state pension extended

PIP designed to improve the quality of life of those suffering from long-term physical disabilities or mental health conditions and could be an additional boost for many especially during the cost of living crisis.

The 21 health conditions that could entitle you to £156 a week

The cash boost will start arriving in bank accounts in the Spring.

DWP confirm new cost of living payments for 2023

People on benefits will get a one off Christmas bonus payment. (Photo Illustration by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

DWP Christmas bonus - benefit recipients to receive cash boost

Nearly 30,000 get winter fuel payment.

Nearly 30,000 get help with energy bills

'Workless' households action call

Almost a quarter of South Tyne households 'workless'

Carer Colin Mackenzie, 37, is "panicking" over how he is going to pay a £1,300 benefits overpayment bill.

Distraught father and carer having to go without meals to feed his children

The second cost of living payment is due to land in account from November 8.

DWP confirm when second instalment of £324 will be paid this autumn

How Universal Credit is affected by August bank holiday - and when you will be p...

Child Poverty Actin's Alison Garnham.

Almost 2,000 families hit by 'two-child' support rule

Martin Lewis pensioners that are due a payment could receive as much as £3,300 per year (Photo: ITV)

Warning 850,000 households missing out on up £3,300 per year

A date has been announced for the first cost of living support payment.

Date announced for first cost of living payment

New Winter Fuel Payment rates for 2022 as millions to get cash boost

Universal Credit recipient numbers rise.

More seeking Universal Credit help

Thousands relying on food banks.

Thousands helped by food banks in South Tyne

Gas prices have been driven up because Russia is a key producer of the fossil fuel (image: Adobe)

Households that claim benefits to have automatic energy bill hikes frozen

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