The Eligibility Verification Measure will not give DWP direct access to bank accounts or enable investigators to see how ...

The DWP has confirmed it will be able to target people who have more than £6,000 in savings if they are on certain benefits in order to cut their benefit payments - as they'll no longer be ...

The Department for Work and Pensions said it would start clawing back the benefit from anyone with between £6,000 and £16,000 ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could soon be allowed to check benefit claimants' bank accounts and reduce the ...

Article continues below The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has spoken out about its new authority to scrutinise the bank accounts of benefit recipients, stating: "This new measure in this ...

DWP ministers have explained how much the organisation can seize when directly taking funds from people's bank accounts under new powers. New legislation to tackle fraud and wrongful payments will ...

Millions of state pensioners are being warned to open a new bank account before the £300 Winter Fuel Allowance is paid out.

The DWP has clarified why it has chosen three particular benefits to be the subject of sweeping bank account checks as part of a new fraud bill. New powers in the ...

The UK Government has launched what it calls 'the biggest fraud crackdown in a generation', aiming to claw back billions lost in the welfare system. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP ...

The DWP pays benefits to nearly 24 million people across Great Britain, including 3.7m on PIP. The latest DWP report shows ...