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 ...

Universal Credit claimants, as well as those on other benefits, have been warned they could face fines of up to £50 this winter. Since October 2012, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has provided a new update for the tens of thousands of benefit claimants due a compensation payment this year. Around 57,000 people will receive payments ...

The Government has been accused of quickly attempting to "water down" impending Department for Work and Pensions cuts, with significant reforms to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal ...

A report commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) discovered that approximately half of those claiming health and disability benefits felt they would never be able to return to work.

Sandra Wrench, a former employee at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has warned pensioners that they must be vigilant when they receive their annual state pension uprating letter.

A Labour minister has defended plans which have been described as ‘taking money from some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in society’. Health Secretary Wes Streeting was appearing on ...

The DWP is writing to state pensioners who were born in and around 1959, or in the years before. Letters are being sent to to everyone over 66 with updated state pension payment details.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to implement nine significant changes to state pensions in April. These modifications will impact both new and basic state pension rates ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released new data revealing that nearly 1.7 million elderly individuals are now receiving additional financial aid through Attendance Allowance.

Ahead of the hikes in April, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is sending out new state pension details to everyone aged 66 and over. The letters are being dispatched to state pensioners ...

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is replacing older legacy benefits with Universal Credit. The legacy benefits being phased out include Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Income ...