The DWP has clarified the rules around penalties that can be imposed on claimants as new anti-fraud laws are coming in. MPs have been scrutinising draft legislation that would allow administrative ...

Officials tackling fraud have said they will "extensively" use new powers that include allowing investigators to request bank statements and even directly withdraw ...

DWP fraud investigators could be granted the authority to raid properties and seize items such as smartphones, with the property permanently confiscated. The proposed laws currently being debated ...

A "worrying" number of DWP benefits claimants are losing their disability benefits when they reach a certain age. Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which is designed to assist disabled people ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has pledged to “re-examine” a controversial benefit deduction system that automatically deducts universal credit payments to pay off rent arrears without ...

More than £50m was forked out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on staff costs in attempt to uphold decisions about personal independence payments (PIP), according to a freedom of ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced plans to "streamline all Pension Credit application routes", utilising internally held information to minimise the number of questions ...

People born in certain years who receive the state pension can get an additional £5,280 annually from the DWP once they turn 80. This supplementary payment, known as the over 80 pension ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been advised by a thinktank ... as it would concentrate all the income losses on a small group of claimants. "The scale of losses faced by newly ...

At a House of Lords committee meeting held to discuss benefit increases set for April, DWP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Baroness Sherlock announced the extension of the fund from next ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) £6 billion benefits cuts have been revealed. The DWP and Labour Party government will impost tougher tests imposed for a key disability benefit ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has rejected proposals calling for an end to award reviews for people on Personal Independence Payment (PIP). More than 12,500 people have signed the ...