Benefits & Wellbeing

3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (359+ words) Here's everything you need to know about how to apply and who qualifies Many people may not realise that there are several additional top-up payments available to claim alongside your regular social welfare payment. One such payment is the Living…...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago   (427+ words) November letters confirming automatic payments of up to £316.70 will roll out to state pensioners next month. You’ll be eligible for a payment if you were born on, or before, June 27, 1960, and you lived in Scotland on at least the last…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (618+ words) Andy Burnham has provided clarification following proposed alterations to the State Pension. The Prime Minister has confirmed that should Labour secure victory at the next general election the party intends to reform the mechanism determining yearly increases. Existing regulations mean…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (284+ words) Cold Weather Payments are separate from the Winter Fuel Payment and other forms of help with heating costs. People do not normally need to apply for the £25 payment, although they may need to report a change in circumstances, such as…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (390+ words) NatWest has refreshed packaged bank accounts with new health and travel benefits. NatWest offers a range of Reward packaged accounts providing banking benefits valued from £561 to £3,264, it says. The bank, which has branches in Birmingham, says its new benefits also…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago   (224+ words) Families may be able to access support.(Image: Sean Gallup/PA Wire) Emergency support payments are being paid out to more households during October. Residents are being invited to come forward for cash payments if they are struggling to pay…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (659+ words) Millions of older people are due to receive letters about their Winter Fuel Payment in October or November, with most eligible pensioners expected to get the money before the end of the year. Pensioners are being urged to check when…...

9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (581+ words) The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to send letters to state pensioners this month, confirming automatic payments of up to £300. These letters will outline the precise Winter Fuel Payment sum that state pensioners will receive to assist…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (82+ words) ERISA and Employee Benefits Law Firm This proposed regulation supplements, but does not replace, the existing 1979 Investment Duties Regulation (29 C.F.R. § 2550.404a-1). Nothing in the proposal changes the ERISA duty of loyalty or the existing prohibited transaction rules. Erwin Kratz practices exclusively in…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (738+ words) The Supreme Court heard a major case this week concerning an Intel retirement plan which could result in a decision that influences employers' appetite for private investments in 401(k)s. Many plan sponsors are in limbo, awaiting the Supreme Court decision and…...