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Martin Lewis Warns Lifetime ISA Rules Can Cost Savers Through Penalties and Lost Benefits

With reform still pending, savers face the current penalty when choosing between a Lifetime ISA or a pension.

UK Scraps Two-Child Limit for Universal Credit, With Changes Taking Effect April 6

Martin Lewis Warns Universal Credit Switch Puts Free NHS Prescriptions and Dental Care at Risk

Woman Jailed for £70,000 Benefits Fraud Using Fake Terminal-Cancer Claims

HMRC Confirms Child Benefit Dates as DWP Holiday Payments Await Final Schedule

DWP Warns Universal Credit Claimants to Update Living-Arrangement Changes

Two Benefit Fraud Cases End in Community Orders as DWP Plans Tighter Checks

HMRC Confirms September Child Benefit Stoppages for Thousands

DWP Warns Universal Credit Claimants to Report Changes or Risk Wrong Payments

UK Mounjaro Price Surge Fuels Switching, Stockpiling and Illicit Supply Concerns

DWP Revamps Universal Credit Identity Checks by Banning Payslips and Gov.UK Verify

UK Proposes Stricter PIP Eligibility, Threatening 800,000 Claimants

Universal Credit Payments Up 1.7% in Phased Rollout, Backpay Confirmed

DWP Confirms Early Benefit Payments for Spring Bank Holiday

DWP to Lower Universal Credit Debt Deduction Cap to 15% Starting April 30