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DWP confirms date 8m households will receive first part of £650 cost of living payment next month

Eligible households in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive a payment for £326 in July.

Daily Record

People on DWP benefits using Fuel Direct scheme to pay energy bills may be switched to pre-payment meter

The DWP boss has written to Ofgem over concerns about some energy suppliers' responses to changes to Fuel Direct.

Daily Record

DWP Universal Credit fraud crackdown allows officers power to make arrests and execute warrants

The plan will save the taxpayer £2 billion

Nottingham Post

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DWP officers to be given power to make arrests and execute warrants in Universal Credit benefit fraud crackdown

The 'Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System' plan outlines how 2,000 trained specialists will review more than two million Universal Credit claims.

Daily Record

Halt shift to universal credit to protect vulnerable Britons, charities demand

Open letter to work and pensions secretary Thérèse Coffey calls for suspension of ‘managed migration’ from other benefits

The Guardian - UK

Winners and losers as DWP moves 2.6 million Brits to Universal Credit

The massive shake-up will begin on May 9 this year

Liverpool Echo

DWP to move 2.6million Brits to Universal Credit - full list of winners and losers

We've put together an explainer guide to the managed migration of 2.6million Brits from legacy benefits to Universal Credit. Here's everything you need to know

Daily Mirror

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DWP to hammer up to 900,000 Brits with benefit freeze as they move to Universal Credit

DWP chiefs will move 2.6million households onto Universal Credit between May 9 this year and the end of 2024 - but up to 900,000 will be worse off long term, government documents reveal

Daily Mirror

Londoner’s Diary: ‘I’m hopeful that scourge of NDAs will end at last’

In today’s Diary: Weinstein assistant on NDAs / Truss on manoeuvres? / Keyes’s honest face / Blessed’s unusual dream / The PM and Fortuna / Bradley confusion

Evening Standard

DWP State Pension 'bumper increase' on the way for claimants

Experts have stated that, following the UK Government's commitment to reinstating the triple lock, State Pension claimants could soon see a big rise in what they receive

Glasgow Live

State pension could rise 7% in 2023, Tories pledge - but only after year of cuts

DWP chief Therese Coffey confirmed the triple lock will confirm next year in a hasty clarification, despite soaring inflation. It would mean pensioners get a bumper rise next year after cuts this year in a benefits 'rollercoaster'

Daily Mirror

Met to review decision not to investigate quiz night party after photo emerges – as it happened

Latest news: picture of Boris Johnson at event with prosecco emerges; PM plans to end all coronavirus restrictions in England in two weeks

The Guardian - UK

Report on effectiveness of benefit sanctions blocked by DWP

Department for Work and Pensions refused FoI request for its internal research commissioned in 2019

The Guardian - UK

National insurance rise will go ahead despite Tory dissent, insists minister

Some MPs said to be demanding increase is scrapped as the price for supporting Boris Johnson’s leadership

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The Independent UK

Minister has ‘no idea’ when Sue Gray will deliver party report as wait continues

Thérèse Coffey indicates Cabinet is in the dark over report timing

The Guardian - UK

Boosters increase protection against death from Omicron in over-50s to 95% – UKHSA; UK records 338 deaths – as it happened

Protection against death increases to around 95% two weeks after receiving a booster dose, UK health agency says; UK reports another 96,871 Covid cases

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