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Household Support Fund Pension Credit Disability Benefits Housing Benefits Pension Support Winter Fuel Payment Cost of Living Support Pension Benefits Universal Credit Cold Weather Payments

January Social Security Payments Begin Wednesday as 2.8% COLA Takes Effect

More than 75 million people receive higher 2026 checks under updated benefit and earnings rules.

DWP Confirms Early Holiday Benefit Dates as Councils Roll Out Household Support Fund

Winter Fuel and Heating Payments Roll Out as DWP Flags Scam Surge and Missed Claims

Nottingham Sets Midnight Deadline for £100 Voucher Draw as Councils Roll Out Winter Support

UK Councils Step Up Winter Aid as Wakefield Issues Vouchers and Nottingham Opens £100 Ballot

DWP Confirms 3.8% PIP Increase From April 2026, Setting New Weekly Rates

DWP Starts Winter Payouts, With £10 Christmas Bonus and Up to £300 Fuel Support

DWP Winter Support: £10 Christmas Bonus Due in Early December as Cold Weather Payments Activate

UK Sets Winter Support: Cold Weather Payments Poised, Fuel Cash Landing, Christmas Bonus Confirmed

DWP Warns of Scams as £150 Warm Home Discount Rolls Out for Winter 2025/26

Winter Fuel Payments Land for 9 Million Pensioners as HMRC Details Clawback for Higher Earners

1.1 Million Pensioners Are Missing Out on Attendance Allowance, Officials Say

Surrey Rolls Out £200–£300 Supermarket E‑Vouchers as Councils Vary Household Support Fund Aid

Attendance Allowance in Scotland to End Next Month as PADP Transfer Nears Completion

Police Probe Targeted Firebombing That Left Mandurah Mother Badly Burned

What Singles in Italy Can Claim in 2025

Wohngeld 2025: €1,800 Disability Exemption, Income Exclusions, and November Payout Date

Government Begins Sending £150 Warm Home Discount Confirmations to 250,000 Households

EsSalud Confirms S/820 Lactation Subsidy, With Online Eligibility Checks Now Live

DWP Sets November Start for Winter Fuel Payments as £10 Christmas Bonus Nears