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Winter Fuel Payment: DWP admits some payouts have been delayed

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Have you received your Winter Fuel Payment? The DWP admits a technical issue has led to small number of payouts being delayed A small number of households have not received their payouts yet   This was due a technical issue, the DWP said, although it has paid out 99.9%   The Winter Fuel Payment can help older … Read more

Hunt for women underpaid state pension has begun, says DWP

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Steve Webb’s petition: After it hit 10,000 the Government was obliged to issue a formal response to him and all those who signed. The Government has begun the ‘significant task’ of searching its records for married women who might be underpaid state pension, it has revealed. It is also exploring how to check most effectively … Read more

Chaotic DWP handling of state pension scandal under attack

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Five elderly women who were underpaid more than £53,000 in state pension between them have suffered a catalogue of errors and delays at the hands of Department for Work and Pension staff. Penny Loseby, 71, pictured below with husband Paul, missed out on £16,000 over seven years.  When she tried to dispute her low payments, … Read more

Government’s DWP office in Leeds is found to not have enforced social distancing

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Government’s OWN department breaks Covid rules as DWP office in Leeds is found to not have enforced social distancing for workers Department of Work and Pensions office in Leeds breached social distancing  At least two members tested positive, triggering a health and safety inspection Inspectors found the government office had failed to ensure social distancing  … Read more

DWP gives elderly woman £9,800 state pension payout BY MISTAKE

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State pension scandal: Women have bombarded the DWP asking for their payments to be checked (Stock image) A 73-year-old woman who was battling to win more than a decade’s worth of underpaid state pension has been handed £9,800 in a shock blunder by the Government. Kathleen Brennan will not be asked to return the money … Read more

Grandmother, 61, died from cancer weighing three stone after DWP stopped her £117.85-a-week benefits

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A grandmother died from lung cancer weighing just three stone after the Department for Work and Pensions stopped her £177.85-a-week benefits.  Christine McCluskey, 61, from Dundee, Scotland, had several long-term health conditions which left her housebound and she was denied her disability benefits for four months before she died. At the time of her benefits … Read more