<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Social Security Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:33:45 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Full list of DWP Easter Bank Holiday payment dates 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/23/285x214/2189143_1.jpg"/><br><br>This year payment dates that would otherwise fall on Good Friday or bank holiday Monday will be 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expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 880,000 pensioners to be handed up to £305 help with heating bills ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/23/237x141/2134333_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 880,000 pensioners to be handed up to £305 help with heating bills ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Veteran charity founder offers Reeves policy to save millions and help lonely pensioners]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/2116347_1.jpg"/><br><br>EXCLUSIVE: Trevor Lyttleton's charity has given lonely pensioners "something to live for" as he offers the Chancellor a money saving policy to tackle isolation. <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Lotti OBrien]]></author><category>UK</category><media:keywords>Rachel Reeves, Budget 2025, Pension, Social Security, Trevor Lyttleton, pensioner loneliness, housing policy, intergenerational solidarity</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/2116347_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Trevor Lyttleton MBE is urging the chancellor to tackle pensioner lonliness]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Humphrey Nemar/Daily Express]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/237x141/2116347_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Trevor Lyttleton MBE is urging the chancellor to tackle pensioner lonliness]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Humphrey Nemar/Daily Express]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social care at 'breaking point' with millions of Brits unpaid carers for loved ones]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/285x214/2110459_1.jpg"/><br><br>The Government is warned social care reform is needed now and the country cannot afford another 'decade of drift'<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[David Williamson]]></author><category>Politics</category><media:keywords>Care homes, Social Security, Health (section), Unpaid carers, Social care crisis, IPPR report, Carers UK</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/590x/2110459_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description 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Howard]]></author><category>Personal Finance</category><media:keywords>Carer's Allowance, Social Security, Carer's Allowance Supplement, Unpaid carers, Social Security Scotland, Carer Support Payment</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/23/590x/2076516_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Unpaid carers in Scotland can now report if they still haven't received the one-off support]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/23/237x141/2076516_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Unpaid carers in Scotland can now report if they still haven't received the one-off support]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" 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million Brits 'not claiming enough' PIP cash from DWP]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/23/285x214/2064752_1.jpg"/><br><br>New stats show that 11 in every 100 claimants are under-claiming PIP because they have not reported a change in their circumstances.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 01:13:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Fiona Callingham,Linda Howard]]></author><category>Personal Finance</category><media:keywords>PIP, DWP, Social Security, PIP under-claiming, Department for Work and Pensions, Fraud and Error report, Social Security Scotland transition</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/23/590x/2064752_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Around a 11% of PIP claimants could be entitled to more money]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" 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