Government says the use of ‘direct deduction orders’ under a DWP shake-up could save the taxpayer £500m a year.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to conduct rigorous checks on claimants who it deems to have too much money in savings. Universal Credit claimants with more than £6,000 in their ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)has announced changes to the Fair Repayment Rate (FRR) for those claiming Universal Credit. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the Fair Repayment Rate ...

The new Personal Independence Payment points system has been explained - as the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) cuts a whopping £5 billion from the bill. From November 2026, those ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has recently reaffirmed its dedication to tackling fraud and error within the benefits system, with a specific focus on ...

But the department did not properly transmit the data to DWP in August, a lapse that came to light only after the Palisades fire when LAFD shared its year-old inspection data with KCBS-TV.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released an update detailing how and why claimants of three specific benefits will be the first to undergo its new bank account checks. A new ...

According to data released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on the progress of rectifying historical State Pension errors, the average arrears payment is valued at £7,859.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released an update regarding the Labour Government's strategy to cut £8.6 billion over five years by curbing benefit fraud with the introduction of ...

The warning comes as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) looks to make cuts to benefits payments. Associate Professor Richard Machin from Nottingham Trent University cautions that the ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed a start date for Eligibility Verification and ‘monitoring’ bank accounts to tackle benefit fraud. The DWP has released 11 factsheets to ...