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

The government says the short delay is to reach vulnerable claimants who face barriers to applying.

March Money Changes Set In: Rail Fares Frozen as Welfare Cut-Off Nears

DWP Confirms 2026/27 Benefit Uprating: State Pension Up 4.8%, Most Other Payments Up 3.8% From 6 April

Coroner Says DWP PIP Error and Letter Contributed to Woman's Death, Response Due by March 19

DWP Urges Claimants to Report Changes as PIP Reassessments Are Fast-Tracked

MPs Condemn PIP Delays as DWP Moves to Triple In‑Person Assessments and Extend Reviews

DWP Reinstates Universal Credit for Bed‑Bound Claimant After Suspension

DWP Clarifies Overpayment Recovery: Terminally Ill May Seek Waivers in Exceptional Cases

DWP Publishes Staff Guidance on Benefit Support Visits After Parliamentary Query

DWP Warns Claimants to Report Hospital Stays or Risk Payment Cuts Over Christmas

UWV Halts Most Disability Reassessments as Wait Times Hit 90 Weeks

DWP Brings Forward Christmas and New Year Benefit Payments as £10 Bonus Rolls Out

Government Orders Mass Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments After Sayce Report

Analysis Says Nearly 1.9 Million Foreign Nationals Claim UK Benefits

DWP Issues Fresh Universal Credit Warning to Self‑Employed as October Rules Reiterated

DWP Warns Claimants To Report Changes Or Risk Benefits Being Stopped

DWP Bank‑Flag Powers Move Forward, With State Pension Excluded

DWP Confirms September Benefit and State Pension Payments on Normal Dates

Labor Unveils $300m Plan to Wipe Small Centrelink Debts and Compensate Millions

DWP Brings Forward August 25 Benefit and Pension Payments to Friday