The DWP has confirmed a start date for the "monitoring" of bank accounts to stop benefit fraud from claimants. The UK Government will begin implementing the proposed measures from 2026 ...

Earlier this year the UK Government announced ‘the biggest fraud crackdown in a generation’ to reduce the amount of money being lost in the welfare system. The Department for Work and Pensions ...

Under the new DWP Fraud Bill, benefit payments will be reduced for those with savings between £6,000 and £16,000. The new powers will allow the DWP to require banks and financial institutions to ...

Thousands of carers across the country may receive a message from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) following a rate increase that could lead to a number of overpayments. This is due to ...

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 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has outlined how three types of benefit claimants will be targeted. This comes as the Government plans to cut £8.6 billion over five years by cracking ...

A state pension rule change has been warned for state pensioners in their sixties - as the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) plans to raise the age. The age is set to rise from 66 to 67 starting ...

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) plans to monitor the accounts of those claiming Pension Credit, Universal Credit, and Employment and Support Allowance, in a move that has been ...

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 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed it will target state pensioners on Pension Credit and two other common benefits with bank checks to clamp down on fraud. The DWP has ...

A series of new factsheets published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has established that the proposed measures will be implemented from 2026. As part of ‘the biggest fraud crackdo ...