US EditionDWP to make major changes to benefit rates from April including Universal Credit, PIP and others - Liverpool Echo
- As of March 16, 2025, many families across the UK are missing out on financial support, with over 200,000 people not claiming Child Benefit from HMRC even though they are eligible.
- This oversight means families are missing out on approximately £2,200 a year, while Child Benefit is currently worth £25.60 a week for the eldest or only child.
- Child Benefit payments are set to increase, with the amount for the eldest or only child rising to £26.05 a week from next month.
- Benefits, including Child Benefits, Universal Credit, and Personal Independence Payments , will increase by 1.7 per cent next April, in line with inflation figures from September.
- An anonymous DWP PIP recipient with Multiple Sclerosis expressed concerns about increasing day-to-day living costs and reliance on benefits, stating that even with her husband's income and her PIP payments, their finances just disappear each month.
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Thousands eligible for £2,200 cost of living boost ahead of increase next month
More than 200,000 people are missing out on thousands of pounds through Child Benefits support from HMRC
·Keighley, United Kingdom
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Labour's DWP cuts would be the BIGGEST since 2010 if they go ahead
With Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) boss Liz Kendall set to make a speech on Tuesday 18 March that lays out the department’s plans for health-related benefit reforms, briefings have suggested that cuts of around £6 billion a year are being discussed. Personal Independence Payments, known as DWP PIP, are potentially on the line for cuts as large as £5 billion per year. The health-related part of Universal Credit, known as LCWRA, is also r…
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