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'Innocent' DWP claimants at risk in crackdown on three benefits - full list

DWP is giving staff the power to compel banks to hand over financial details on claimants in a crackdown.

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HMRC urges state pensioners to 'protect' all future DWP payments

Crucially, you also get National Insurance credits which count towards your State Pension.

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Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains

Members of minority communities in Birmingham and elsewhere fear results could lead to rise in hostile rhetoricConceding defeat at the election count at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on Friday, the outgoing Labour leader of the city council, John Cotton, made a plea. “What I would encourage the nex...

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DWP changes £200 Winter Fuel Payment qualifying birth dates

Under previous rules, the DWP Winter Fuel Payment was paidn to those born before 22 September 1959.

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'Trailblazing' Birmingham school among best for attendance

The secondary is among the best performing in the city

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Automatic £150 energy rebates announced for 345,000 households

The government said around 345,000 Scottish households are expected to receive the Warm Home Discount automatically from winter 2026/27

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DWP sending out 'increased' Universal Credit payments to claimants in June

Households on the standard rate of Universal Credit will receive the first sustained above-inflation increase to the benefit .

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DWP vows to fix 'broken' benefit with payments at risk for 1.5 million

Labour has promised to build 1.5 million homes over this parliament.

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Inside the Sandwell Hall Gatehouse M5 drivers pass by every day

The gatehouse originally formed part of Sandwell Hall, a large country house built in the eighteenth century for the Earls of Dartmouth

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Solihull shopkeeper faces jail after chasing youth with sword amid harassment claims

Daminda Heradh, 49, pleaded guilty to possession of a sword at Birmingham Magistrates' Court after a court heard he had been 'constantly harassed' by locals

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Birmingham jobs gloom as 12,500 roles set to go because of Iran War

Warning that low income areas will face worst impact of manufacturing and construction job losses

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Innocent boy shot in case of mistaken identity in Birmingham park still struggles to walk

The youngster was targeted completely out of the blue - now he is scared to leave his home and continues to be in pain

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Birmingham doctor 'high risk to public' after having sex with patient and 'giving her £900'

He also admitted he was often taking drugs and drinking alcohol

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Not Sandwell or Walsall - poorest part of the Midlands named

Three cities in the Midlands were named among the 20 poorest in the country

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How brutal street execution between 'warring groups' unfolded on Walsall street

Killer relatives Asad Iftakhar, Hassan Iftakhar, Zain Raja and Amaan Khan have been jailed

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'I was mocked in a cruel video - I proved them wrong with my 17 stone weight loss'

Catherine Skippen, 28, from Leicestershire, was left devastated after she was filmed by strangers walking around her town and the footage was shared on social media - but instead of letting it defeat her, she used it as motivation to completely transform her lifestyle without surgery or weight loss ...

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Three groups of UK households being handed council tax refund - full list

UK taxpayers are owed around £141million after overpaying their council tax bills.

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Mortgage costs could rise £3,000 a year for UK households

H omeowners could be hit with an extra £3,000 a year on their mortgage payments as so-called Trumpflation hits, according to new analysis.

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HMRC issues warning for parents whose children are teenagers

HMRC has urged mums and dads to act and make sure that their Child Benefit payments don't get stopped.

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DWP making surprise £965 payment for state pensioners in late May

They will hit bank accounts before June.