Department for Work and Pensions

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Labour restores Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners

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Major Winter Fuel Payment update as Government says 'more will get it'

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Household Support Fund - when councils will announce funding details

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Urgent deadline to boost State Pension with NI top-ups looms

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Pensioners must apply for Pension Credit soon to get Winter Fuel aid

1000s to receive £300 as new Household Support Fund schemes launched

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Help shape child poverty policies in Blackpool

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Concerns raised over the dire state of child poverty in England

The £100m DWP building in Blackpool

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Cold Weather Payment: eligibility - and how to claim extra winter cash

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Families eligible for £500 support payment - with hours left to apply

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New Directions scheme launched to propel young people into careers

Blackpool Council has supported devolution

Financial lifeline for vulnerable people is set to be axed
A support fund which has seen millions of pounds coming into Blackpool is set to end next month.
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Thousands are eligible for a £500 support payment - but deadlines near

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Household Support Fund decision looms as September deadline nears

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Thousands of UK households to receive up to £600 in government support

1000s of households to get direct cost-of-living payments up to £500

There were 1,296 workers off sick each day on average at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

Lancashire picked as guinea pigs for controversial government scheme

A fire broke out at Blackpool's £100m Civil Service Hub

Council gives damage update following fire at £100m Civil Service Hub

A St Annes man has been jailed at Preston Crown Court for fraud.

Lancashire benefits cheat caught on booze run and jailed for 4 months

The new Civil Service hub

Office development is changing the face of Blackpool town centre

The DWP will pay more than seven million households and HMRC will follow with around 830,000 more, taking the total number of households eligible for the cost of living payment to around eight million.

Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn

People walk near the Jobcentre in Westminster.

DWP warning over Universal Credit changes coming in October

Thousands of Universal Credit claimants are to be affected by new rules that have been introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) this week.

Universal Credit rule change launches this week - are you affected?
Thousands of Universal Credit claimants are affected by the recent rule change - what parents and carers need to know.
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Household Support Grants are now available for working families struggling with the cost of living.

Financial support available now for working families in this Lancs area

Around six million people are set to receive a £150 cost of living payment- here’s what you need to know and how to check if you’re eligible for the cash boost.

Millions to receive £150 cost of living payment soon - am I eligible?

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

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

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

Serco - the government contractor for housing asylum seekers - said it has "no plans or involvement" in the Warbreck House site which will be vacated by the DWP in June

Serco statement on rumours that DWP offices could become asylum seeker housing

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

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

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

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

WASPI campaigners- from left, Norma Elkington, Susan Dutton, Coun Holly Swales and Mary Waterhouse are continuing with their fight for compensation.

Fylde coast WASPI women still fighting for pension justice

Abdul Miah, who was the 100th person to find a job through The Platform

Blackpool youngsters finding jobs thanks to new advice hub

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

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

DWP confirm new cost of living payments for 2023

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

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

Town hall chiefs will distribute cash from the Household Support Fund

Further council support for hard up Blackpool families unveiled

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

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The houses earmarked for demolition

Six weeks of demolition work to start in Blackpool town centre

Three workers, Aidan, Dee and Denise, from New Victoria Nursing Home have completed qualifications with PHX Training

Blackpool nursing home upskills its team using free training

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

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

Universal credit claims in Blackpool are at their highest since October

UNIVERSAL CREDIT: More people claiming benefits in Blackpool

Jane Binnion runs The Growing Club, a social enterprise in Lancaster that designs and delivers enterprise and employment skills for women www.thegrowingclub.co.uk

Promise auction aims to help Fylde women launch their business dreams

The Growing Club is launching an Auction of Promises to create a fund to help women launch their own businesses

Auction of promises aims to help women achieve their business dream

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Households that claim benefits to have automatic energy bill hikes frozen

A quarter of a children were left living in poverty in the first year of the pandemic

Covid crisis left hundreds of children living in poverty

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