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What Is The Sure Start Maternity Grant? Find Out If You're Eligible And How To Get It

Everything you need to know.
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Ministers Rinsed Over Plan To Woo Mums Back To Work With 'Letter Writing Campaign'

"Oh wow I’m sure a letter to mums will suddenly make childcare affordable," one critic said.
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69 Suicides Linked To Government Benefits Overhaul – And Watchdog Says There May Be More

Government is investigating but watchdog calls it "highly unlikely" true scale of tragedy is clear.
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MPs List 5 Universal Credit Problems DWP Officials Urgently Need To Fix

Claims that people moving to the new benefits system would not lose out were false, influential committee finds.
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Doctors Tell DWP: We Didn't Approve Wording Of 'Misleading' Benefits Letter

"Patients and claimants are suffering and continue to suffer as long as these letters are sent out."
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Ministers Plan Multi-Billion Pound Overhaul of 'Demeaning' Disability Benefit Assessments

Charities fear new one-stop process will lead to more people losing payments.
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Fury As Nurses Offered Private Healthcare Perk To Become DWP Benefits Assessors

Labour's Tom Watson described the job listing as "grotesque".
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Tory Welfare Minister Says Families Hit By Benefits Cap Could Take In A Lodger

Household benefits are capped at £20,000 outside London.
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Government's Benefit Sanctions Branded 'Pointlessly Cruel' By MPs

One wheelchair user was forced to sofa-surf for a year after missing one Jobcentre appointment.
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Universal Credit 'Ditches Fast-Track Claims For The Terminally Ill'

System to speed up claims of those with just weeks to live “has been removed”, charity says. DWP denies claim.
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