pensions

DWP warned benefit claimants face 'poor customer service' and 'long waiting times'
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BENEFITS

DWP warned benefit claimants face 'poor customer service' and 'long waiting times'

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised to commit to a more "efficient and compassionate" service under the new Labour government
DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes
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Department for Work and Pensions

DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes

The urgent need for social investment to end poverty in the UK
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The urgent need for social investment to end poverty in the UK

Rishi Sunak says people on benefits don't want to work – here's why that's 'wrong and harmful'
Benefits

Rishi Sunak says people on benefits don't want to work – here's why that's 'wrong and harmful'

Big Issue Invest takes Social Impact Investment to the House of Lords with pension and insurance providers
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest takes Social Impact Investment to the House of Lords with pension and insurance providers

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories' 'triple lock plus' pension pledge divides voters
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General election 2024

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories' 'triple lock plus' pension pledge divides voters

DWP risks repeat of Post Office scandal with plan to snoop on claimants' bank accounts, MPs warn
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Benefits

DWP risks repeat of Post Office scandal with plan to snoop on claimants' bank accounts, MPs warn

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners 'suffer for rest of their lives'
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Pensions

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners 'suffer for rest of their lives'

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here's when you will get the higher amount
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Benefits

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here's when you will get the higher amount

DWP benefits 'too low' to cover basic living costs, government warned: 'Completely unacceptable'
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Benefits

DWP benefits 'too low' to cover basic living costs, government warned: 'Completely unacceptable'

'I just cry': Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs
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Poverty

'I just cry': Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs

Raising state pension age to 71 would be a 'big blow' and risks 'working people to death', experts say
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Pensions

Raising state pension age to 71 would be a 'big blow' and risks 'working people to death', experts say

The polarisation of public debate is getting us nowhere
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Paul McNamee

The polarisation of public debate is getting us nowhere

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?
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Pensions

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?

State pension rise due to triple lock will be 'wholly unfair' on benefits claimants, charities warn
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Pensions

State pension rise due to triple lock will be 'wholly unfair' on benefits claimants, charities warn

'Why are we being penalised?': A reader's retirement has brought unexpected hardship
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Letters

'Why are we being penalised?': A reader's retirement has brought unexpected hardship

‘I’m considering not having kids’: Staff at UK universities speak of impact of pension cut
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‘I’m considering not having kids’: Staff at UK universities speak of impact of pension cut

'Pensioners died without getting their due' from DWP, says scathing report
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pensions

'Pensioners died without getting their due' from DWP, says scathing report