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Universal Credit can be stopped if you go on holiday

The DWP can insist you return home to go to an interview, or spend 37 hours a week on holiday looking for a job and completing a CV

Wales Online

DWP can stop Universal Credit payments and force you to come home if you're on holiday

The Department for Work and Pensions has warned people they must stick to the conditions attached to their claim

Liverpool Echo

Scots claiming Universal Credit 'could miss out' on cost of living payment

EXCLUSIVE: SNP MP Martin Docherty-Hughes has written to the DWP to raise concerns about "flawed" rules on who is eligible for the cost-of-living payment.

Daily Record

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Check if your disability benefit qualifies for new £150 cost of living payment due in September

People on nine different disability benefits may be eligible for one-off payment from DWP.

Daily Record

HMRC shares quickest way to renew Tax Credits to avoid payments being stopped this month

Tax Credit claims must be renewed before July 31.

Daily Record

Managed migration for people on legacy benefits in two new areas will start next week

Older-style benefits including Tax Credits, JSA and Housing Benefit are being replaced by Universal Credit.

Daily Record

Millions of households to get £1,200 boost by Christmas, DWP confirms

Those on Universal Credit, JSA, ESA, Income Support, Pension Credit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit are eligible

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Renfrewshire MSP slams Tory candidates for "silence" on child poverty

Families are struggling to pay for basic needs such as shoes and many are relying on food banks to feed their families

Daily Record

Universal Credit shakeup could mean people miss payments

A trialled Universal Credit process could see some claimants miss out unfairly

Liverpool Echo

Lanarkshire MSP hits out at Tory leadership candidates' 'silence' over child poverty

Fulton MacGregor claims 'progress is being undermined by decades of Westminster austerity policies'

Daily Record

DWP cost of living payment: Why you may not have your received your money yet

Theories have circulated on why the first £326 has not been sent to everyone - but DWP says don't panic because payments are on track

Chronicle Live

New programmes launched to help Renfrewshire residents get back into work

Councillor Andy Steel announced that the project will be used to break down barriers and boost recovery from the pandemic

Daily Record

50 ways the Tories have clobbered British workers over 12 years in power

12 years of Tory rule have also shredded the safety nets on which people used to rely. At the same time they have turned the screws on the unions and failed to deliver on their promises to improve employment rights. Here's 50 reasons the patience of workers has finally snapped

Daily Mirror

Cost of living payments: All the dates Brits will see money arrive in their bank accounts this year

The cost of living help package was launched yesterday, July 14, with people up and down the country hopefully benefiting from the payments coming in the next year

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Daily Record

DWP issues urgent warning to everyone due £326 cost of living payment this summer

Payments started for 8 million households on July 14.

Daily Mirror

Cost of living: All YOUR questions about £650 payments from next instalment to pension

We answer all your questions as millions of Brits will get £326 in their bank accounts today from the first half of the £650 cost of living payments being handed out by the Government

Daily Mirror

I'll make DWP Universal Credit 'much' more generous says Tory leadership candidate

Tom Tugendhat is the first Tory leadership contender to make a staunch defence of the benefit system and vow to make it more generous. But he'll almost certainly be out of the contest within days

Daily Record

DWP rejects call to give people on DLA £650 cost of living payment

People claiming disability benefits will receive a one-off payment for £150 in September.

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Nottingham Post

DWP cost of living payment of £326 to start landing in Nottinghamshire bank accounts today

Payments are made from today (July 14) until July 31

The National (Scotland)

Pause benefits sanctions until cost-of-living crisis is over, new report says

THE UK Government should pause benefits sanctions until the cost-of-living crisis has been resolved, Citizens Advice Scotland has said.

Daily Mirror

What to do if you DON'T get first half of £650 cost of living payment today

Millions of benefits claimants will get the first part of a £650 Government cost of living payment hitting their bank accounts from today, but if you don't get yours by the end of July take action

Daily Record

Check if you are due £326 cost of living payment landing in 8m bank accounts this month

Eligible claimants will receive the extra support between now and the end of July.

Daily Mirror

When will my cost of living payment arrive? All dates including £326 DWP cash from today

The UK cost of living help package begins today, with benefit claimants getting £650 in total, pensioners getting an extra winter fuel payment, and £400 of support for all householders rich or poor. Here's your month-by-month guide

Daily Mirror

When is the second half of the £650 cost of living payment being sent and how much is it?

Households who claim means-tested benefits, including Universal Credit, will start to receive the first half of the £650 cost of living payment from next week - but when is the second and final half being sent?

Edinburgh Live

DWP updates £326 cost of living eligibility for 'clarity' ahead of first payments

If you are eligible, you will be paid automatically in the same way you usually get your benefit or Tax Credits - you do not need to apply for any of the Cost of Living payments.

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