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Pensioners should not worry about the new pensions minister
so the appointment this week of a new junior minister at the Department of Work and Pensions would normally be of little wider interest. But Torsten Bell, MP for Swansea West since July 2024 ...
Nottingham Post7d
DWP update as payments 'cannot be used' for one purpose
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shed light on the regulations surrounding the Motability Scheme and how certain benefits may contribute towards it. Work and pensions minister ...
Crime7d
DWP launches review into how to get disabled people and long-term sick into work
An investigation spearheaded by ex-John Lewis chief, Sir Charlie Mayfield, has been set in motion to explore how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can collaborate with businesses to ...
Crime9d
DWP key updates for PIP recipients - what you do not need to report
Those receiving a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have been informed about changes they don't need to report to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) while on the benefit. PIP can be ...
London Evening Standard12d
Ministers to announce plans to claim back money from benefit fraudsters
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall speaking to the media outside the Department for Work and Pensions in Westminster, London (Lucy North/PA) Ministers are set to unveil plans for new laws ...
Sky9d
Bank account snooping and driving bans planned in government crackdown on benefit fraudsters
In an effort to curb welfare fraud, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched what has been dubbed the biggest fraud crackdown in a generation. The Public Authorities (Fraud ...
Wales Online10d
DWP to send £3,900 letter to everyone on state pension - check if you qualify
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is poised to send out an essential leaflet to all 11 million state pension recipients in the coming weeks, highlighting that a significant number could ...
Liverpool Echo6d
DWP targets specific bank account activities in expanded benefits fraud checks
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has outlined the types of bank account activities involving benefit recipients that will be scrutinised. Initially, only accounts showing consistent ...
Daily Express7d
DWP investigation over Labour's Jobcentre reform plans
MPs are to investigate massive Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reforms planned for Jobcentres designed to use AI, health experts, new training schemes and coaches to get people into work.
Manchester Evening News7d
DWP steps up move to get disabled people and long-term sick working
An investigation spearheaded by ex-John Lewis chief, Sir Charlie Mayfield, has been set in motion to explore how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can collaborate with businesses to ...
Liverpool Echo13d
DWP benefits and pension payment dates for February as cuts loom
As The Independent reports, such cuts would come on top of the £3bn already planned for savings from the Department of Work and Pensions. Further cuts to benefits budgets would be a concern for ...