“A target-driven culture created perverse incentives” – I think we can agree with this recent article from charity Turn2us relating to a report by the National Audit Office. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)...
Read how benefit sanctions can affect people’s lives A sanction is a cut or temporary cessation in your benefit if you fail to meet your claimant commitment without good reason. If you do this on...
Give your views on the Department for Work and Pensions’ proposed changes to this benefit Losing a loved one is a distressing time and worrying about the costs of a funeral often adds additional stress....
Jobseekers who are homeless or suffering from a mental health condition will now be able to access hardship payments immediately after a benefit sanction. Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green has announced that jobseekers who are homeless...
New research by the national charity Turn2us has found that almost half (48%) of low income households are not claiming the welfare benefits and tax credits they could be entitled to. This is despite the...
Fraud and error in the benefit system has dropped to the lowest level ever, falling by £350 million last year. New figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that benefit fraud...
The despicable, uncaring nature of the DWP, and they show their ‘true colours’ with another disgraceful incidence. Ian Johnston writes in The Independent – A man with multiple sclerosis who cannot walk or feed himself...
A woman was left penniless after a hoax caller told the Department for Work and Pensions she was dead. Jobless Janet Millward’s £240-a-fortnight housing benefit and disability living allowance were stopped. The tax office also...
DWP has accepted the majority of the recommendations from the fifth Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). The final review, which was carried out by Dr. Paul Litchfield, was published in November 2014....
Improving communications with claimants of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is just one of the recommendations from an independent review of the benefit that has been accepted by DWP. Paul Gray was appointed to carry out...
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