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Pension Credit can be backdated by three months and the deadline to do this, and then be entitled to the £299 cost of living payment, is by March 5, 2024 - here is what you need to know

This year, February has 29 days rather than 28 - meaning there is an extra day than usual and due to this you may have your benefit payment date change

The ITV The Martin Lewis Money Show star has highlighted the important of Attendance Allowance from the Department for Work and Pensions DWP in this week's Money Saving Expert newsletter and weekly email.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will issue the payments to most eligible people between February 6 and February 22 - but there are some cases where you won't be eligible

According to research from Policy in Practice and Money Saving Expert (MSE), Attendance Allowance is one of the "most underclaimed" benefits with around 1.1million people in the UK eligible to claim but not

Many claimants who received the message took to social media to share their confusion. This is because the next cost of living payment is set to be paid next week in February, however, this text said the money would be paid in October

The last cost of living payment will be sent to most eligible people between February 6 and February 22 - and if you're eligible, the money will be sent automatically to your bank account

Two-fifths of people are finding it difficult to keep up with household bills and credit commitments, research found

Universal Credit is a DWP benefit and is paid to around six million people in the UK and as February has an extra day in it this year, many are concerned whether this could affect their benefit payment

PIP claimants are reporting a new £150 cost of living payment suddenly appearing in their bank accounts - it comes two weeks ahead of the final cost of living payment which will see £299 sent to eight million households on means-tested benefits

The help comes in the form of a Budgeting Loan which is available to people who are claiming certain income-based benefits and from a Budgeting Advance, which is very similar but only available to those claiming Universal Credit

Due to the criteria of PIP, it means that a broad range of conditions and disabilities can make you eligible to claim and this includes a whole list of musculoskeletal conditions

Martin Lewis shared the warning on the recent episode of the Martin Lewis Money Show this week as the deadline to claim cash is in two weeks time on February 8 2024

Those with shorter-term PIP awards typically have to fill out a 16-page form - but if you are moved to a “light touch” review then you will have to fill out a shorter six page form

Kathy Ford was originally not eligible for Bereavement Support Payments when her partner of almost 20 years, Keith Hepplewhite, died suddenly of a heart attack in 2018

The DWP has released the latest figures for PIP and ADP claims for respiratory conditions

The DWP has this week admitted that widowed people with an inherited pension who claimed New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) during the pandemic may be due cash after they were underpaid benefits

The data uncovered through Freedom of Information requests will reinforce fears over the effect of the Government’s punitive welfare policies including sanctions

The DWP announced that some New Style Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claimants had been underpaid their benefits and the mistake mainly impacted people who inherited pensions from someone who had died and was claiming New Style JSA

Around 500,000 households on Universal Credit didn't get a similar cost of living payment in 2022, with the majority being denied the support payment because their wages happened to be too high during the qualifying period

PIP is a disability benefit and it is paid to people with long-term mental or physical health problems or disabilities and the amount of benefit you receive depends on how your condition affects you - not the condition itself

Residents in 148 postcode areas will receive the £25 payments after the Met Office confirmed that they endured subzero temperatures for seven consecutive days

Pension Credit is also known as a gateway benefit for other financial help and one of the extra perks claimants can get is a free TV Licence if they are over the age of 75 years

The DWP is working on ways it can reduce levels of fraud, error and debt in the benefits system and one measure set to be introduced is for investigators to gain access to information on a claimant's bank accounts

Currently, Universal Credit claimants who have health conditions or disabilities have to undergo a work capability assessment (WCA) to decide whether they're capable of working and if they're eligible for cash top-ups - these payments are worth £390