All news on the topic: Benefits

It only takes ten minutes to check if you could be entitled to make a claim for benefits - here, we explain all the free online calculators you can use to check

Money will be with millions of people struggling to cope in the cost of living crisis in just a few weeks - here are the key dates everyone needs to know

Macmillan Cancer Care has given grants to cancer patients to help with their additional costs for around a century - but they are having to chop £50 off the grant due to huge numbers of applications

It comes as figures show a whopping £19 billion worth of benefits go unclaimed each year across the UK - as many don't realise what they are entitled to

The £300 cost of living payment is being sent from October 31 to the most vulnerable people and low-income families to help with rising bills

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published the 2023/24 Winter Fuel Payment guidance recently and it shows how much each household will be due as the seasons change

PIP is a benefit given to those with long-term mental or physical health problems or disabilities and around three million people currently claim it in the UK

Rachel Charlton-Dailey stresses it's certainly not easy to get benefits if you're disabled and involves a gruelling system that can be very hard to deal with

Craig Pickett made up three phantom children in order to fraudulently claim additional "hardship funds" when he applied for Universal Credit - and his deceit went uncovered for years

A poll conducted for the Mirror by Redfield and Wilton found the overwhelming majority think benefits such as Universal Credit should be increased as households face higher prices

Here we highlight all of the payments set for the coming few months, who is eligible, how you can get them, and when they are expected to hit bank accounts

In this article, Anna Stevenson, a benefits expert from the charity, Turn2us, explains the steps you need to take if you are overpaid Universal Credit by the DWP

More than six million who receive Universal Credit will be left worse off if Rishi Sunak decides not to raise benefits in line with inflation in the Autumn Statement

Professor of Psychology Marc D. Feldman from the University of Alabama has revealed why some people develop Munchausen syndrome by proxy and the reasons why perpetrators commit such sinister crimes

In this article, we have listed all of the extra perks those who claim Pension Credit are entitled to

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey is urging people to look beyond

To be eligible for the current system of Jobseekers benefits from the DWP, claimants must prove they are taking “reasonable steps to look for work” which requires them to spend 35 hours a week working on job applications.

Check out our extensive list of rules and regulations when using a Blue Badge, including where you can and cannot park, the top 10 things to remember, and when you must return it

People currently claiming Attendance Allowance will start to be switched over to a new benefit called Pension Age Disability Payment as part of a phased pilot launch in Autumn 2024

PIP is a benefit given to those with long-term mental or physical health problems or disabilities and around three million people currently claim it in the UK

According to a new analysis, 28% of claimants required to switch to Universal Credit between November 2022 and March this year did not do so - and their benefits were stopped

It is claimed 80,000 households owe £5,000 or more - and in some cases, benefit recipients were only made aware they owed money when they were moved over to Universal Credit

Being paid early may sound great, as you will have some cash for the bank holiday weekend. However, you need to be aware that the money you receive will need to last you until your next benefit payment - so you'll need to make it last longer

A single mother who used to live on benefits now pulls in a six-figure salary thanks to her highly profitable snail breeding business and says her life has 'totally changed'

According to NHS England, around two million people across the UK are living with sight loss or a degenerative eye condition and it expects this figure to double by 2050