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HMRC sending warning envelopes to thousands of state pensioners who are 'liable'
HMRC has been contacting individuals whose savings interest may be subject to tax in the wake of the new financial year ...
DWP and HMRC confirm Easter 2025 payment dates for benefit claimants
People may not receive their benefit payments on their usual dates due to the Good Friday and Easter Monday bank holidays.
HMRC envelopes arriving on doormats with £689 boost to bank balances
The start of the new tax year will see His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) drop brown envelope letters on the doormats ...
650,000 pensioners risk paying more tax this week after HMRC rules change
650,000 pensioners could be at risk of paying more tax as revised HMRC rules take effect. With the state pension swelling to ...
Daily Express14d
DWP names the 3 benefits to be first to face new bank account checks
People claiming three specific benefits will be the first to undergo new bank account checks in a bid to prevent fraud, the DWP has announced. The new Eligibility Verification Measure, part of the ...
Yahoo News UK14d
DWP scrapping benefit in April and making 'no further payments'
A DWP benefit is being scrapped from April in a major change for thousands of households. Tax credits will no longer be paid out by the Government. They are being rolled into the new benefit Universal ...
Bristol Post15d
DWP confirms which benefits will face new bank checks
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released an update regarding the Labour Government's strategy to cut £8.6 billion over five years by curbing benefit fraud with the introduction of ...
Nottingham Post15d
DWP crackdown on benefit fraud involves bank checks for 3 major benefits
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has outlined how three types of benefit claimants will be targeted. This comes as the Government plans to cut £8.6 billion over five years by cracking ...
Plymouth Herald15d
DWP benefit fraud bank account checks for three benefits and it's not state pension
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced how three types of benefit claimants will be targeted. The move is part of the Labour Government's plans to cut £8.6 billion over five ...
TheSentinel15d
DWP confirms three benefits will be first to face new bank account checks
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that individuals claiming three specific benefits will be the first to undergo new bank account checks in a bid to prevent fraud.
Daily Post Wales15d
DWP PIP claimants with certain conditions set to keep payments under new points system
The DWP will collaborate with DHSC to ensure that current PIP claimants who may no longer qualify for the benefit under new eligibility rules have their health and eligible care needs met.
Manchester Evening News20d
DWP confirms start date for Eligibility Verification and ‘monitoring’ bank accounts to tackle benefit fraud
A series of new factsheets published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has established that the proposed measures will be implemented from 2026. As part of ‘the biggest fraud crackdo ...