Department for Work and Pensions

Parents claiming Universal Credit will receive hundreds of pounds more from the end of June.

Parents claiming Universal Credit to receive £100s more in shake-up Sophie Wills

Combined with a winding-up of older benefits and reduced employment opportunities, the number of people using universal credit across England rose dramatically over the pandemic – and has remained high since

Number of Wigan people on universal credit hits an all-time high Will Grimond

More than six million households will be eligible for the £150 disability cost of living payment, with the money set to start hitting bank accounts from next month.

Exact date six million people will get £150 cost of living payment Sophie Wills

Thousands of households are being urged to check if they are missing out on Pension Credit, which automatically triggers eligiblity for the cost of living payment and could make you up to £3,500 better off per year.

Days left for thousands of households to apply for cost of living cash Sophie Wills

A Universal Credit sign in the window of the Job Centre in Westminster.

Thousands could miss out on £301 cost of living payment - here’s why Sophie Wills

The first instalment of the £900 cost of living payments is set to land in bank accounts today. The £301 cash boost from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC will be paid to those who are eligible over the next few weeks from Tuesday, April 25.

Cost of living payment to land in bank accounts from today Sophie Wills

Around eight million people across the UK will be getting the £900 cost of living payment over the next year, but only certain benefits qualify for the cash boost.

Benefits that don’t qualify for the £301 cost of living payment Sophie Wills

A fifth of children in Wigan are living in relative poverty

A fifth of children in Wigan living in poverty Sonja Tutty

Brocol House, on King Street, Wigan

Plans for 140 solar panels to be fitted to roof of Wigan's job centre Gaynor Clarke

Families across the borough have been affected by the cap on universal credit

Wigan families having their benefits capped despite not being expected to work Adam Care

What you need to do as deadline to boost state pension extended Beth Franklin

Jobcentre Plus on Mesnes Street, in Wigan town centre, is set to close

Wigan job centre set to close its doors within weeks Gaynor Clarke

PIP designed to improve the quality of life of those suffering from long-term physical disabilities or mental health conditions and could be an additional boost for many especially during the cost of living crisis.

The 21 health conditions that could entitle you to £156 a week Sophie Wills

The cash boost will start arriving in bank accounts in the Spring.

DWP confirm new cost of living payments for 2023 Sophie Wills

Top Gear presenter Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was taken to hospital after being involved in an accident while filming for the show (Credit: Getty Images)

Freddie Flintoff’s Top Gear crash ‘being looked into’ by Health and Safety board Sean Gleaves

People on benefits will get a one off Christmas bonus payment. (Photo Illustration by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

DWP Christmas bonus - benefit recipients to receive cash boost Jason Button

Office for National Statistics figures show 88,656 Wigan households containing one or more occupants aged between 16 and 64 had at least one person in employment in 2021.

Cost of living crisis: nearly nine in 10 Wigan households in work Andrew Dowdeswell

Kevin and Louise Jones on their wedding day

Wigan husband will honour 'soulmate' wife at moving Light for a Life ceremony Gaynor Clarke

The second cost of living payment is due to land in account from November 8.

DWP confirm when second instalment of £324 will be paid this autumn Sophie Wills

The two-child limit restricts child allowances in universal credit and tax credits to the first two children in a family unless the children were born before April 6, 2017

Thousands of Wigan children affected by two-child benefits limit Patrick Jack

How Universal Credit is affected by August bank holiday - and when you will be p... Isabella Boneham

Martin Lewis pensioners that are due a payment could receive as much as £3,300 per year (Photo: ITV)

Warning 850,000 households missing out on up £3,300 per year Claire Schofield

New Winter Fuel Payment rates for 2022 as millions to get cash boost Isabella Boneham

Boris Johnson pictured hosting Christmas quiz during Covid restrictions last yea... Group Reporter

Michelle Barlow

AstraZeneca vaccine probably caused blood clots that killed Wigan mum, inquest t... Pat Hurst

Around 500,000 workers who claim Universal Credit are estimated to be in line to benefit before Christmas (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is what you need to know about today's Universal Credit changes Henry Sandercock

Universal Credit

Wigan people to benefit from major tax cut for Universal Credit claimants By The Newsroom

Protestors in Wigan town centre yesterday

One hundred groups implore PM to abandon looming universal credit cut Jemma Crew, PA

Lisa Nandy MP, second from left on front row, with Waspi campaigners

Lisa Nandy MP: Now justice for the Waspi women Lisa Nandy

Waspi pension campaigners in Wigan town centre

Pension campaigners vindicated after Government slammed in ombudsman's report Andrew Nowell

Across Great Britain, 42,000 parents did not pay any child maintenance they owed in the three months to March

Hundreds of parents in Wigan failed to pay child maintenance during the latest l... Federica Bedendo

Department for Work and Pensions data shows Wigan Borough Council paid £805,300 in Discretionary Housing Payments in 2020-21

£20k overspend on housing benefit aid for struggling Wigan residents Federica Bedendo

Some 207 families had up to £100 taken off their weekly entitlement

New figures show scale of single parent benefit cap in Wigan Alex Ross

Brocol House in King Street was closed for a deep clean after 17 Covid cases were confirmed

Wigan Job Centre 'putting public at unnecessary risk of Covid exposure' Ben Butler

Payments from the DWP have been brought forward due to the bank holiday (Getty Images)

This is when benefit payments will be made over the May bank holiday Finlay Greig

The Jobcentre Plus at Brocol House on King Street

Job centre in Wigan closed after Covid-19 outbreak Andrew Nowell

Figures show the impact of Covid-19 on Universal Credit claims in Wigan

Covid-19 impact on jobs market hits older Wigan workers hardest Andrew Nowell

The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the UK economy, with unemployment rising to a five-year high in the three months to December.

Which age groups have been hardest hit by the coronavirus jobs crisis? Helen Johnson

4.5m Universal Credit claims have been made since the Covid pandemic started - more than a third of the all-time figure (Photo: Shutterstock)

4.5m Universal Credit claims have been made since the Covid pandemic started - m... Iain Leggat

Boris Johnson is in favour of a 6 month Universal Credit uplift - but will it be enough? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Boris Johnson is in favour of a 6 month Universal Credit uplift - but will it be... Ethan Shone

The exterior of Mesnes House - plans have been submitted to become a job centre

Job centre plan in Wigan could create 50 jobs Ben Butler

You could be eligible for monthly PIP benefit payments - here’s how to check if ... Iain Leggat

This is when benefits and tax credits will be paid over Christmas and New Year 2... Jenna Macfarlane