The government will scrap the controversial work capability assessment by 2028, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) secretary Liz Kendall has announced, as well as creating a new unemployment ...

DWP ministers have outlined how much money they can directly take from a person's bank account under new powers. New laws going through Parliament aimed at curbing fraud and wrongful payments will ...

A series of new measures to combat fraud have been announced, in what the UK Government has dubbed the "biggest fraud crackdown in a generation". The Public ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unveiled new Universal Credit payment rates and bands amidst sweeping £5 billion cuts. Last week, Liz Kendall revealed the cuts, prompting the DWP ...

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 ...

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 ...

A series of new measures to tackle fraud have been announced, in what the UK Government has dubbed the "biggest fraud crackdown in a generation". The Public ...

DWP Minister Andrew Western has revealed that claimants could have up to 40% of their entitlement taken from their accounts by officials examining their payments over several months. The ...

Benefit claimants could face fines of up to £5,000 as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), along with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), ramp up investigations into potential benefit fraud.

However, if you earn over a certain amount a week you are no longer eligible and have to report it to the DWP. This is through what's known as the earnings limit. This is currently £151 a week ...

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 ...

The “biggest fraud crackdown in a generation” was announced by the UK Government earlier this year. The new Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill is ...