Government ❯ Department for Work and Pensions

Policy Changes

Benefit Payments Legacy Benefits Benefit Reforms Pension Regulations Pension Age Benefit Increases Universal Credit Payment Schedules Assessment Procedures Payment Adjustments

DWP and HMRC Bring Forward Bank Holiday Benefit Payments to Friday 22 May

The move is to make sure people have money during the bank holiday closure.

DWP Launches One-Off Payouts for Claimants Wrongly Moved From Legacy Benefits to Universal Credit

DWP Confirms 2026/27 State Pension Rates and Winter Fuel Payment Rules

DWP and HMRC Bring May Benefit and Pension Payments Forward for Bank Holidays

DWP Ends Income Support and Income‑Related JSA as Universal Credit Rollout Advances

PIP and ADP Rates Rise From April 6 as DWP Halts Reform Plans

DWP Closes Two Legacy Benefits And Delays ESA, Housing Benefit Switch To Summer

DWP Streamlines Pension Credit Claims as 910,000 Still Miss Out

DWP Faces Early-March Decision Deadline on WASPI Compensation as 100 MPs Demand Update by March 2

DWP Confirms 3.8% Rise to Disability Benefits From April 2026, Publishing New Weekly Rates

UK to Scrap Income Support and JSA by April 2026 as DWP Accelerates Universal Credit Migration

UK DWP Trials End to Universal Credit’s 35-Hour Job-Search Rule

PIP Set for 3.8% Rise Next April as DWP Prepares to Confirm 2026/27 Rates

DWP Backs Pension Overhaul as TPT Secures Funding for DB Superfund to Pursue £1bn Deals

MPs Escalate Criticism of Universal Credit Health Cuts as Government Holds to 2026 Rollout

DWP Pauses PIP Changes as It Moves to Expand In-Person Assessments

McFadden Refuses to Rule Out Tougher Universal Credit Rules, Including for Under-22s

WASPI Secures December High Court Hearing as Campaign Targets MPs

WASPI Judicial Review Set for 9–10 December as Government Files Defence

DWP to Send Winter Fuel Payment Letters to Nine Million Pensioners