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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed benefit and pension pay dates for October. There are no bank holidays next month so payments should be made as normal.

In the UK, one in three people are claiming some sort of DWP-administered benefits. According to figures from Policy in Practice, £23bn worth of benefits go unclaimed each year, reports the ECHO .

Up to 24 million people were claiming a combination of DWP benefits as of February 2025, including 13.2 million of State Pension Age (including those in receipt of their State Pension), 10 million of working age and 800,000 under 16, and in receipt of DLA as a child.

Data from January 2024 shows there were 6.4 million people on Universal Credit and 163,000 households were receiving the Universal Credit chil

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