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DWP benefits claimants face £70-and-hour charge and 'cannot see a future'
DWP is cutting Access to Work - with people saying they can no longer see a "secure future" for themselves.
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Elderly man's heart massaged back to life by paramedics after brutal attack in Birmingham street
Razvan Mut stabbed, kicked, punched and stamped on Stephen Watts during a 13 minute sustained attack, hitting him with a chair leg more than 60 times
Jaguar Land Rover could have moved car production out of UK without £380m deal
JLR would have considered moving car production out of the UK and slashing jobs without a subsidy worth £380 million.
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DWP sending £779 payments to children with 'behavioural disorders' in May
The DWP will pay welfare and benefits payments to a record one million children.
State pensioners on new rate from DWP face £825 shortfall in payments
Current figures based on the Retirement Living Standards suggest a single person needs at least £13,400 a year
I'm a DWP sickfluencer with 100% success rate thanks to PIP points tip
The number of working-age people receiving PIP has more than doubled from 15,300 to 35,100 each month.
Dog attacks soaring in the West Midlands
There were 1,325 out-of-control dog attacks causing injury offences recorded by West Midlands Police in 2025 - equivalent to more than three every day
Octopus Energy boss issues 'blackout' update as summer looms
T he chief executive of Octopus Energy argued against costly investments in the UK’s power grid that are adding to household bills.
DWP told to make change for 625,000 claimants 'which will cause national uproar'
625,618 households were each given more than £32,200 in welfare payouts last year – the average annual salary of a British worker after tax.
HMRC confirms new charges for drivers with 22 bands costing up to £2,297
On May 1, HMRC introduced the latest VAT road fuel scale charges for business vehicles.
State pensioners under age 73 handed extra £923 on top of DWP payment in May
The state earnings related pension scheme (SERPS), also known as the ‘additional state pension,’ operated between 1978 and 2002.
HMRC sending 'unexpected' bill to 250,000 households after rule break
The HMRC letters - which are a "real worry" - are sometimes running to six figures, too, according to personal finance experts.
Bullring shoplifter with 100+ convictions told 'it has to stop now'
Matthew Cavill stole more than £2,000 worth of Lego and sports clothes from the Bullring Entertainer, Selfridges and Sports Direct in his latest spree from December to March this year
Redditch brothers with 99% dementia genetic risk raise £500k after mum's death
Jordan and Cian Adams carry a rare faulty gene giving them a 99.9% chance of developing familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD) — the same disease that has claimed their mum and 12 relatives
Birmingham primary named school of the year
The Kitts Green school was also named in the top 10 in the entire country
DWP told to get PIP problem 'under control' in crackdown
DWP has been told the welfare "juggernaut" is "out of control".
Headteacher shares heartbreaking moment child exposed Birmingham's child poverty crisis
The headteacher has shared the most 'shocking' instances of child poverty she has witnessed in her three decade career
State pensioners born after 1951 set to be handed at least £312 from DWP
The Triple Lock will remain for the rest of this Parliament
Green Party pitch to Birmingham voters: 'We bring hope for real change'
We invited the parties standing candidates in every ward across Birmingham in the city council elections on Thursday May 7 to make a final pitch direct to our readers. Here is a message to voters penned by Green Party Birmingham leader Julien Pritchard.
Birmingham drivers parking on double yellow lines using illegal trick
Increasing numbers of motorists are attempting to get around parking rules