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A customer pays for goods inside a shop. Christmas and New Year bank holidays can change when benefit payments are made in Scotland (Photo: SUSANNAH IRELAND/AFP via Getty Images)

When your Christmas and New Year benefits will be paid in Scotland

An elderly person looks at cash at home. Winter Fuel Payments for 2025/26 will start arriving in November, with most paid by December (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

DWP confirms when millions of pensioners will get Winter Fuel Payment

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Winter Fuel Payment 2025: which pensioners must apply - as claims open

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The 4 pensioner groups ineligible for this year's Winter Fuel Payment

The jobs fair takes place in September (Pic: John Devlin)

Businesses across Fife set for jobs fair – this is where & when it takes place

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Major State Pension error could owe 300,000 over-60s £5k or more

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Labour restores Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners

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What to do if your loved one dies - practical first steps

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech during a visit to Mellor Bus in Rochdale on June 4, 2025, to announce investments in regional transport (Photo: PETER BYRNE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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

A fifth of children in Fife were living in poverty last year, according to "heartbreaking" new figures.

‘Heartbreaking’ child poverty figures revealed for Fife

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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

How to access DWP and local financial support during half-term break

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

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

The disability gap' in Fife employment circles has narrowed

How the ‘disability gap’‘ in employment is shrinking in Fife
The gap between the employment rates of those with disabilities and the wider population in Fife has shrunk.
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A member of the public walks through the snow in Victoria Park in Glasgow in February 2021 (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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

The number of households receiving Universal Credit in Fife hit by the Government's benefit cap has soared (Pic: John Devlin)

Soaring numbers of Fife families hit by benefit cap revealed in new report

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

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

The latest child poverty figures for Fife were published in a new report (Pic: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Almost one quarter of children in Fife living in poverty, new figures reveal

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.

Breaking 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?

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?
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.
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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

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

The latest poverty figures reveal the extent of the issue in Fife

Almost quarter of Fife children in relative poverty

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

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

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Fife has fewer working households than almost anywhere in the UK

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

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

Numbers on Universal Credit in Fife are rising

Universal Credit: Highest figure in Fife since December and 37% are in work

David Rutley MP (centre) with staff and participants of the School of Hard Knocks in Glenrothes.

UK Government Minister’s praise for Glenrothes rugby project

Gas prices have been driven up because Russia is a key producer of the fossil fuel (image: Adobe)

Households that claim benefits to have automatic energy bill hikes frozen

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Pensioners will see the triple lock return from April 2023 (image: Adobe)

Pensioners could get £770 boost in 2023 as triple lock policy returns

Cold Weather Payment to close in days - check if you can claim £25 energy rebate

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Around 500,000 workers who claim Universal Credit are estimated to be in line to benefit before Christmas (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is what you need to know about today's Universal Credit changes

Nearly 100 parents in Falkirk failed to pay child maintenance during the latest lockdown, figures show.

Almost 250 Fife parents fail to pay child maintenance during lockdown

Falkirk families have had benefits capped

Benefit cap hits more single parent families in Fife

Payments from the DWP have been brought forward due to the bank holiday (Getty Images)

This is when benefit payments will be made over the May bank holiday

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP, Neale Hanvey, estimates that £678,600 of Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) may have gone unclaimed locally between April 2017 and February 2020, leaving Fifers without the financial support they are due.

Estimated £678,600 in Bereavement Support Payment not claimed in two Fife towns

4.5m Universal Credit claims have been made since the Covid pandemic started - more than a third of the all-time figure (Photo: Shutterstock)

4.5m Universal Credit claims have been made since the Covid pandemic started - m...

Boris Johnson is in favour of a 6 month Universal Credit uplift - but will it be enough? (Photo: Shutterstock)

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