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DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash form benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
A total of 686,756 people were accused of universal credit overpayment debts due to DWP mistakes in 2023/2024.
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I worked for the DWP – Labour’s plan to get benefit claimants into work is doomed
Plans to use Jobcentres to push more benefits claimants into work are doomed to fail, Labour ministers have been warned.A ...
DWP state pension warning as 450,000 people miss out on £460 uplift next month
With each state pension hike over the last few years, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that pensioners living abroad will not have payments increased - this again seems to be t ...
DWP fraud officials could seize smartphones and 'never return them'
DWP fraud investigators could raid properties and seize smartphones with the items never being returned under new laws going ...
DWP explains when it will seize smartphones and not return them under new laws
DWP minister Andrew Western told MPs that typically, confiscated items would be given back to their rightful owner "as soon ...
WASPI campaigners issue '14 month' update after DWP letter
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
Citing threats, DWP seeks to spend up to $700,000 on private security for CEO
The five-member Board of Water and Power Commissioners will decide Tuesday whether to approve the one-year private security ...
DWP officials will be able to raid properties and seize devices under new powers
New powers to be handed to the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) will see fraud investigators raid properties and ...
DWP breaks silence on bank accounts 'checked from the outset' of new fraud crackdown
The Department for Work and Pensions says bank account checks could be coming for people on pension credit under legislation going through Parliament that provides new powers to crackdown on ...
DWP warned new bank account checks are 'sledgehammer to crack tiniest nut'
Disability Rights UK's Mikey Erhardt, policy officer at the organisation, has led the criticism of the crackdown from the DWP ...
DWP making 680,000 people pay for mistake they aren't responsible for
The Department for Work and Pensions will force HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people to pay back cash over mistakes and errors the ...
DWP confirms five changes to benefits including payment freezes and stricter tests
Five big changes to the welfare system have been announced by the Department for Work and Pensions as the government unveils plans for £6b of benefit cuts. Reforms include stricter eligibility tests ...