Labour DWP and Jobcentres reforms 'risk making things worse'
Meagan Levin, policy and public affairs manager at Turn2us, has reacted to the Labour Party government's 'Get Britain Working' white paper.
28 Nov 07:46 · Birmingham Live
DWP issues update over reinstating £300 Winter Fuel Payments in England
Labour Party government and DWP said it has "no plans" to amend the qualifying criteria for the payment, which began being issued this week.
28 Nov 08:45 · Birmingham Live
Keir Starmer faces court battle with union over winter fuel allowance
Unite has declared it will go ahead with a judicial review of the controversial policy.
28 Nov 08:49 · Mail Online
Labour issues update on DWP PIP and WCA changes which are 'coming into force'
Reforms to disability benefit assessments are still set to come into force soon, the new Labour Party government has confirmed.
28 Nov 09:48 · Birmingham Live
WASPI women edge closer to £3,000 compensation payments from DWP
A DWP Ombudsman report earlier this year encouraged the government to pay out compensation to women affected by historic injustices in the State Pension.
28 Nov 10:58 · Birmingham Live
DWP says major reforms of PIP, Universal Credit and ESA will shift focus to work
Proposals will be developed to overhaul the current system of disability payments "so that it promotes and enables employment among as many people as possible"
28 Nov 11:53 · Birmingham Live
DWP Winter Fuel Payments could be reinstated for 'all' after legal review
The new Labour Party government and the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) face a legal backlash to the 'cruel' Winter Fuel Payment cut.
28 Nov 13:08 · Birmingham Live
Fury as more than HALF of pension credit claims are rejected
Government data showed there were around 150,000 pension credit applications in the 16 weeks since Rachel Reeves announced she was means-testing the help with energy bills.
28 Nov 14:09 · Mail Online
Scots pensioners to receive between £100 and £300 in winter fuel payments from SNP Government next year
The new system ditches the Labour Government plan which strips 900,000 Scots of a payment.
28 Nov 15:03 · Daily Record
Winter Fuel Payment debacle has made the Holyrood election competitive for the SNP
Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the SNP Government reinstating a universal winter fuel payment will provide a headache for Anas Sarwar months before the Holyrood election.
28 Nov 16:48 · Daily Record
British Gas, OVO, EDF, EON, Octopus customers will lose £470 after 'broken promise'
Clare Haughey made the comments after Ofgem have confirmed that household energy bills will rise again in January due to the Ofgem price cap.
28 Nov 17:45 · Birmingham Live
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