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HISTORICAL FACTS: Department of work and pensions - The Untold Story

Sharp drop in number of Dumfries and Galloway residents seeking work and claiming benefits

Figures from the Department of Work and Pensions show there were 700 fewer jobless in January 2023 compared to 12 months earlier

Daily Record

DWP to close 20 Jobcentres, including three in London

No staff will be laid off as Government closes temporary offices it created during the pandemic

Evening Standard

Scots benefits scammer jailed after taking £30,000 taxpayer cash

Graeme Dewar pretended he was living alone for years despite having a common law wife he operated joint bank accounts with.

Daily Record

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Job centre workers having to claim the same benefits they process

Staff at the Department of Work and Pensions and other civil servants went on strike yesterday

Liverpool Echo

Full list of DWP cost of living cash grants worth more than £1,000 and how to apply

The Department of Work and Pensions has pledged to support those in need

Liverpool Echo

DWP Cost of Living Payments of up to £1,350 issued to households during 2023

The Department of Work and Pensions is set to issued three sets of payments to eligible households throughout the year to help with the increased cost of living. But who is eligible?

Edinburgh Live

DWP code to look out for on bank statements as £10 Christmas boost payments issued

The Department of Work and Pensions is issuing the cash boost to many households across Glasgow. And this is how to find out whether or not the boost has reached your bank.

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Scots benefits cheat who posed as dead dad to steal £22k ordered to pay back £1

Hassan Mirza was made the subject of a Proceeds of Crime action after duping the Department of Work and Pensions and Dundee City Council.

Daily Record

DWP stopped horrified woman's PIP benefits because it thought she had died

Ann Smith, 65, who developed a number of deliberating conditions has said that "this government needs to go, they don't care about any of us", after the DWP "just stopped" her benefits without proof

Daily Mirror

Woman surprised to be told her vital benefits were being stopped 'because she was dead'

A disabled woman was forced to prove she was alive at a local jobcentre after the DWP told her that they had stopped her benefits because their records showed she was apparently dead

Daily Mirror

Mum asked why her benefits were stopped was told she died in August

Ann Smith, 65, said: "It was news to me"

Liverpool Echo

Employers can't fill vacancies, but many do surprisingly little to help workers return after a long illness

The UK was supposed to be facing a spike in unemployment after the pandemic furlough schemes ended, but instead the job market is the tightest in a generation. Given that there are also more vacancies than active job seekers and many sectors are struggling with skill shortages, you might expect…

The Conversation

DWP under fire for 'inadequate' mortgage help scheme

A former Liberal Democrat MP said the 'safety net' had been 'dismantled'

Bristol Post

Two million children hit by cruel DWP ruling on benefit deductions, charities warn

A cross-party group of MPs had called for debt repayments to be paused after experts said they were driving families to foodbanks - but this was thrown out by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)

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Liverpool Echo

DWP threaten man with 'further action' over unpaid 2p

"I thought it was a joke until I contacted them. It would have cost them more to send me out the letter."

Daily Mirror

Security guard slams 'ridiculous' DWP for demanding he repay 2p owed from 3 years ago

Damien Dove, a 53-year-old from Sunderland has slammed the Department for Work and Pensions after they sent him a letter telling him to pay an extra 2p he was given more than three years ago

The National (Scotland)

Warning of Universal Credit income deficit for millions

Households on Universal Credit are being warned of a cut to income from October.

The Independent UK

‘No shower, cooker or freezer’: Thousands of older women face stark choices in ‘apocalyptic’ cost crisis

Exclusive: ‘I sit in dark in the evenings to economise on electricity. It is lonely and isolating and I feel I am not part of society. My electricity bills have tripled this year. They made me feel quite sick. So I have turned off my radio.’

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Daily Mirror

Secret inquiry launched into deaths of 140 disability claimants under Boris Johnson

The probes are linked to deaths associated with actions from the Department of Work and Pensions and are so private that even families are not told of the findings

Chronicle Live

DWP error means 160,000 benefit claimants could be owed thousands of pounds

One man received £12,000 after contacting the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to recalculate his PIP payments

Daily Record

Scots benefit cheat who hid husband dodges jail on technicality after claiming thousands

Paul Barty swindled the DWP by failing to declare he was living with his husband who was in work.

Daily Record

Perthshire benefits cheat tricked officials into paying him £3600 in income support

Paul Barty admitted making a false statement to the Department of Work and Pensions by claiming he was only living with his mother when the truth was his partner was also living with him and was earning a wage

Daily Mirror

Easter Bank Holiday benefit payment dates including child benefit and Universal Credit

The Department of Work and Pensions - which manages the payments - has shared the holiday payment dates for those on Universal Credit, Employment support allowance, Jobseeker’s allowance, Carer’s allowance, Pension credit, PIP and Attendance allowance

Glasgow Live

Grieving East Kilbride gran left suicidal after £19k Universal Credit debt demand bungle

Christina Goss, 62, was issued a debt of almost £20,000 by the Department of Work and Pensions after she was told she was not entitled to claim benefits despite her long-term sickness linked to severe memory loss and depression.

Daily Mirror

Benefits cheat who conned taxpayers out of £40,000 walks free and ordered to pay £1

Diane Halkotold the Department of Work and Pensions she had a severe disability and could only go a short distance with the aid of a walking stick - but at the same time she was working for Angus Council and Aberlour Childcare Trust and showed no signs of mobility problems

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