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Benefit payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), including Personal Independence Payment (PIP), are set to receive a payment rate boost next week.

Benefit payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), such as Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the state pension will be awarded a rate hike in only a few weeks time.

Having the heating on, we should be able to do that. mel eyers ending that report by michael buchanan. and michaeljoins me now — michael, there have been some results released today from a survey about the impact of winter pressures on adults. this is carried out by the office for national statistics, they surveyed just over 4500 people across great britain in the four weeks to the 18th of december, but they were looking at was the impact of rising prices and nhs pressures and what they found ...

Michael, related to this theres been a survey about the impact of winter pressures? indeed, they are a surveyed just overfour indeed, they are a surveyed just over four and a indeed, they are a surveyed just overfour and a half indeed, they are a surveyed just over four and a half thousand people across britain in the four weeks up to do the 18th, so that is in the lead up to christmas and you may remember there was that cold start late november early december, so it looks at that, and they foun...

A cut to a benefit payment left him struggling. universal credits cut my payments by £300 a month. and i struggled for a while, but i was getting deeper and deeper in debt. i was stressed out. i wasnt talking to anybody. i wasnt doing anything, i was stuck in the house seven days a week, twenty—four hours a day. i felt totally embarrassed. i didnt want the family to know how low id gone. isolated from his loved ones, alan says a food bank became a lifeline. a place of refuge. just the communi...

A Laois Offaly TD has called for the reopening of two former peat burning midland power stations.  Government, and in particular the Minister for the Envir...

The State Pension age will remain at 66, and those who work until the age of 70 will benefit from an extra €62 a week in their State pension.Minister for S...

Of the poorest families in the uk. but it comes to an end tomorrow. the government says it was always a temporary measure and the focus now should be on making sure work pays with higher wages, rather than higher benefits. from londonderry, our social affairs reporter, michael buchanan has been speaking to some people affected by the change. in one of the uks most deprived areas anyjob is a good job. lauren mcshane works full—time as an admin assistant at an advice centre in londonderry. her h...

Will focus on whether police "missed opportunities" to stop him sooner. the victims were all given fatal overdoses of the drug ghb by port, who was jailed for life in 2016. since the start of the pandemic, almost 6 million people on universal credit have had an extra £20 a week to help some of the poorest families in the uk. but it comes to an end tomorrow. the government says it was always a temporary measure and the focus now should be on making sure work pays with higher wages, rather than h...

Press release Minister Harris announces changes to the Student Grant Scheme for 2021 including changes to supports for post graduate students   Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD has today (Thursday) announced the opening of the Student Grant Scheme for renewal applications for the 2021/22 academic year, and highlighted a number of improvements for some of the most disadvantaged students. Important changes ar...