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California Readies Rollout of Federal Work Rules That Could Cut CalFresh for More Than 600,000

The law expands time-and-work tests and transfers federal funding responsibility to state and county governments.

DWP Says Universal Credit Sanctions Can Reduce Standard Allowance to Zero

Digital PIP Trial Shows Easier Claims as Caseload Hits Record and Approval Rate Falls

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

UK Poverty Climbs to 13.4 Million as New DWP Data Shows Need Despite Small Gains for Children

Government Confirms 80 New Youth Hubs as Rollout Accelerates

Think Tank Says 'Sickfluencers' and AI Are Skewing UK Disability Claims

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

DWP Confirms April Universal Credit Rise for Nearly 4 Million as Health Element Changes for New Claims

DWP Says 356,000 Households Lost Legacy Benefits in Universal Credit Migration

UK State Pension Rises 4.8% in April as Tax Code Changes Target Higher‑Income Retirees

Universal Credit Migration Leaves Some Facing Higher Council Tax

DWP Begins ESA Wind-Down on March 1 as Universal Credit Migration Enters Final Stage

ONS Data Undercut Ratcliffe’s Population Claim as Fact-Check Reframes Immigration Debate

UK Confirms Safeguards for At-Risk Claimants in Universal Credit Migration

Campaigners Escalate Push to Scrap DWP Mixed‑Age Rule Blocking Pension Credit

DWP Confirms Income Data Sharing, Explores Wider Access for Mayoral Authorities

DWP Names 12-Member Panel to Co-Produce Timms Review of PIP

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