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Bereavement benefits to be extended to unmarried couples with children
Support extended to parents who were not married or in a civil partnership when their partner passed away.
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Cold homes kill over a thousand people as families struggle to stay warm
Cold damp homes blamed for excess winter deaths.
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One energy prepayment-meter customer cut off every ten seconds
Nearly one in five homes that ran out of credit last year spent two or more days in the dark and cold.
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Benefits uprating wiped out by DWP deductions
Over half of all Universal Credit households are subject to deductions.
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Nine Million UK Adults Forced To Live In ‘Dickension Conditions’ This Winter
Millions of people in the UK are living in cold damp homes, according to new research.
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Bereavement benefits to be extended to unmarried couples with children
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January 24, 2023
Support extended to parents who were not married or in a civil partnership when their partner passed away.
Average salaries fall despite cost of living crisis
Welfare Weekly
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January 24, 2023
Concern over falling salaries during the cost of living crisis.
Cold homes kill over a thousand people as families struggle to stay warm
Welfare Weekly
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January 19, 2023
Cold damp homes blamed for excess winter deaths.
Struggling family carers providing increasing hours of care for sick and disabled relatives
Welfare Weekly
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January 19, 2023
ONS figures suggest that the number of people providing 20 or more hours of unpaid care is increasing.
Citizens Advice reports 150,000 rise in number of people needing crisis support
Welfare Weekly
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January 19, 2023
Support includes referrals to food banks and charitable grants.
DWP join with SKY to offer cheap broadband to people on benefits
Welfare Weekly
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January 17, 2023
New DWP scheme makes it easier for low-income families to sign up to discounted broadband.
One energy prepayment-meter customer cut off every ten seconds
Welfare Weekly
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January 12, 2023
Nearly one in five homes that ran out of credit last year spent two or more days in the dark and cold.
Shocking 74% rise in number of homeless people in temporary accommodation
Welfare Weekly
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January 11, 2023
There are at least 271,000 homeless individuals in England.
Give terminally ill early access to their state pension, urges charity
Welfare Weekly
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January 11, 2023
Allowing people with a terminal illness early access to their state pension could lift thousands out of poverty.
Labour vow to transform ‘stressful’ welfare system
Welfare Weekly
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January 10, 2023
Proposals include changes to "arduous, lengthy and stressful" benefit assessments.
Benefits uprating wiped out by DWP deductions
Welfare Weekly
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January 9, 2023
Over half of all Universal Credit households are subject to deductions.
Fifteen minute care visits ‘rarely enough’, says Ombudsman
Welfare Weekly
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January 5, 2023
Councils must ensure any care visits they arrange give enough time for care workers to do their job properly.
DWP announce more details on next round of cost of living payments
Welfare Weekly
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January 3, 2023
Campaigners say announcement amounts to a cut in the support available to households in fuel poverty next winter.
Nine Million UK Adults Forced To Live In ‘Dickension Conditions’ This Winter
Welfare Weekly
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December 29, 2022
Millions of people in the UK are living in cold damp homes, according to new research.
Thousands of families on Universal Credit face 80% tax deduction
Welfare Weekly
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December 28, 2022
Increasing numbers of families on benefits will face effective tax rates of at least 80% in 2019, research suggests.
Universal Credit childcare costs preventing parents from working, say MPs
Welfare Weekly
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December 20, 2022
The UK has one of the most costly child-care systems in the world.
107,000 families hit by ‘cruel’ benefit cap as winter bites and energy prices soar
Welfare Weekly
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December 16, 2022
UK government urged to scrap benefit cap and two-child limit policies.
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Nine Million UK Adults Forced To Live In ‘Dickension Conditions’ This Winter
Poverty
December 29, 2022
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Millions of people in the UK are living in cold damp homes, according to new research.
Cold homes kill over a thousand people as families struggle to stay warm
Cost Of Living
January 19, 2023
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Cold damp homes blamed for excess winter deaths.
Average salaries fall despite cost of living crisis
Cost Of Living
January 24, 2023
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Concern over falling salaries during the cost of living crisis.
Bereavement benefits to be extended to unmarried couples with children
Welfare
January 24, 2023
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Support extended to parents who were not married or in a civil partnership when their partner passed away.
One energy prepayment-meter customer cut off every ten seconds
Cost Of Living
January 12, 2023
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Nearly one in five homes that ran out of credit last year spent two or more days in the dark and cold.
Citizens Advice reports 150,000 rise in number of people needing crisis support
Cost Of Living
January 19, 2023
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Support includes referrals to food banks and charitable grants.
Give terminally ill early access to their state pension, urges charity
Welfare
January 11, 2023
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Allowing people with a terminal illness early access to their state pension could lift thousands out of poverty.
DWP announce more details on next round of cost of living payments
Cost Of Living
January 3, 2023
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Campaigners say announcement amounts to a cut in the support available to households in fuel poverty next winter.