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DWP risks repeat of Post Office scandal with plan to snoop on claimants’ bank accounts, MPs warn
Benefits

DWP risks repeat of Post Office scandal with plan to snoop on claimants’ bank accounts, MPs warn

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has once again been warned about it’s plans to snoop on bank accounts, this time by MPs – including those in the Conservative Party

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners ‘suffer for rest of their lives’
Pensions

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners ‘suffer for rest of their lives’

Charities have called for the government to reform the pension system but expressed concern about a company’s calls for an earlier, smaller state pension

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here’s when you will get the higher amount
Benefits

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here’s when you will get the higher amount

This is everything you need to know about the changes to your benefits and state pension in April 2024

DWP benefits ‘too low’ to cover basic living costs, government warned: ‘Completely unacceptable’
Benefits

DWP benefits ‘too low’ to cover basic living costs, government warned: ‘Completely unacceptable’

‘I just cry’: Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs
Poverty

‘I just cry’: Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs

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Raising state pension age to 71 would be a ‘big blow’ and risks ‘working people to death’, experts say
Pensions

Raising state pension age to 71 would be a ‘big blow’ and risks ‘working people to death’, experts say

The polarisation of public debate is getting us nowhere
Paul McNamee

The polarisation of public debate is getting us nowhere

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?
Pensions

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn
Pensions

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn

‘Why are we being penalised?’: A reader’s retirement has brought unexpected hardship
Letters

‘Why are we being penalised?’: A reader’s retirement has brought unexpected hardship

‘I’m considering not having kids’: Staff at UK universities speak of impact of pension cut
University strikes

‘I’m considering not having kids’: Staff at UK universities speak of impact of pension cut

‘Pensioners died without getting their due’ from DWP, says scathing report
pensions

‘Pensioners died without getting their due’ from DWP, says scathing report