DWP service sees disability benefit claimants wait 10 times longer
This is in contrast to the average wait time of just two minutes and 45 seconds for Universal Credit claimants. The committee ...
DWP shares update on benefit fraud prosecutions and who will be taken to court
Bill was introduced in Parliament last week and forms part of wider plans to save the Government a total of £8.6billion over ...
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DWP scandal as £1 in every £15 spent on Universal Credit and benefits lost to fraud or error: 'Unacceptable!'
Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have revealed around £1 in every £15 spent on benefits last year was ...
DWP issues major benefits warning to millions amid 'radical' changes
The Department for Work and Pensions has warned millions of benefits claimants that "radical" changes are coming ...
The two benefits being 'badly-hit' but Universal Credit is spared by DWP
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of "unacceptably poor service" for people on Personal Independent ...
DWP gives up prosecuting some fraudsters due to 'big volume' of cases
Benefit fraudsters are avoiding prosecution because there are too many of them to bring them all to justice. The Department ...
DWP admits over 50,000 Pension Credit claims 'outstanding' after sign-up drive
More than half of claims for the means-tested top-up benefit, which the Winter Fuel Payment is being limited to, are still ...
DWP breaks silence after 'unacceptable treatment' of people on benefits
DWP is letting down disability benefit claimants and putting them at risk of greater hardship, a damning new report has found.
DWP benefit claimants on PIP or ESA waking up to 'reduced' payments
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned that the DWP's understanding of vulnerable customers' experience is not good ...
Disabled Britons suffering 'unacceptable treatment' at hands of DWP
The report comes ahead of Labour plans to reform health and disability benefits in the UK as ministers say the number of ...
MPs slam DWP for poor service as disability benefit claimants endure lengthy call waits
The Department of Work and Pensions waiting times for calls from disabled claimants are 10 times longer than for other groups ...
DWP warning over £254 paid by all UK taxpayers
An estimated £9.5 billion was wasted on fraudulent or mistaken benefit claims last year, a shocking new report has revealed. That is the equivalent of around £254 per UK taxpayer.