I was born in 1949 and when I reached retirement age at 65 I started to draw my state pension. After a few years I realised I ...

It comes as the DWP looks set to unveil sweeping changes to incapacity benefits in the coming months, amid predictions the ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has broken silence over fears it will begin to "means test" the Basic and Full State ...

People can boost their state pension payments by filling gaps in their national insurance contribution records, the ...

"Those decisions were the focus of many members’ remarks, including the member for South Shields (Emma Lewell-Buck). Those ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the new payment rates for a number of disability benefits including ...

Torsten Bell raised questions over the design of the state pension architecture in evidence to the Treasury committee in 2020 ...

A full list of every 160 postcodes where the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) is paying out Cold Weather Payments has ...

The Triple Lock - a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) mechanism for increasing the state pension each year - is ...

Thousands of pensioners are also still waiting for their £200-300 winter fuel payment after Labour’s choice to cut back the cold weather benefit. In December, The Independent revealed that increased ...

Workplace and private pensions will supplement the State Pension in retirement, but many people may be depending on the ...

Torsten Bell became a new Labour MP at the last election after nine years as chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, an ...