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People who spend at least 35 hours a week caring for a person who receives certain Government benefits may be able to claim Carer’s Allowance. Claimants do not need to be related to or live with the person they care for to get the benefit. However applicants must not earn more than £128 per week after deductions, or be in full-time education, in order to claim Carer s Allowance.
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Universal Credit, PIP and some state pensioners may have been eligible for a Christmas bonus this year which should have been paid automatically. This bonus is a one-off tax free £10 payment made before Christmas Day to people who get certain benefits during a qualifying week.
DWP issues important Christmas Bonus advice for people on benefits due annual payment
Thousands of people on Universal Credit, PIP, State Pension and other benefits have already received their DWP bonus.
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Thousands of benefit claimants are due to receive a Christmas Bonus from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) before the end of December.
Full list of people who should have been given Christmas bonus from the DWP this year
The Department for Work and Pension gives out the one-off, tax-free payment in the first week of December every year, meaning thousands of Brits should have been given an extra bump in their payment
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Christmas bonus starts being paid by DWP to people on Universal Credit, PIP and other benefits
Thousands of people are due the one-off, tax-free £10 payment
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Eligible claimants can expect to receive their Christmas bonus payment from the DWP any time between now and Christmas.