Benefits

Benefits

Key dates for universal credit and benefit changes in 2025

Here’s what you should know

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Tens of thousands have until tomorrow to make universal credit switch

Don’t miss out: act before 1 January 2025

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Labour plans to combine pension credit and housing benefit

Two benefits claimed by millions

An illustration of an older woman wrapped in a blanket worrying about money. An empty piggy bank sits at her feet and her wallet is empty because she no longer gets the winter fuel payment from government.

“Extend the winter fuel deadline,” Lib Dems urge

780,000 people could miss out.

Pension credit claims: why are so many rejected?

Over half of recent claims have been denied

All the schemes that help with water bills

The support you need to know about

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Apology over eVisa benefit blunder

Migrants wrongly told payments would stop

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5 days left to get backdated pension credit claims in for winter fuel payment

Don’t miss the 21 December deadline.

Carer’s allowance overpayment debts hit £250m

The ‘cliff edge’ problem

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DWP delays PIP changes due to speed up application process

Check if you're eligible for PIP