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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Birmingham primary named school of the year

The Kitts Green school was also named in the top 10 in the entire country

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DWP told to get PIP problem 'under control' in crackdown

DWP has been told the welfare "juggernaut" is "out of control".

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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

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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

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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.

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Birmingham drivers parking on double yellow lines using illegal trick

Increasing numbers of motorists are attempting to get around parking rules