The website Down Detector - which allows users to report issues with apps and sites - registered more than 1,000 reports that ...

Many commuters will have to pay hundreds of pounds more per year for travel, adding further 'misery onto hard-pressed ...

Georgie Dunn and her three kids were eating a takeaway when 12-year-old daughter Esme pulled a half-eaten piece from her ...

DWP staff make home visits in situations where claimants have been invited to claim Universal Credit but haven't responded, or if they need additional support with their application. The "Managed ...

A new poll by the Daily Record aims to find out whether the new Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill being put into legislation by the Department for ...

The bill will be bolstered by safeguarding measures to protect vulnerable customers, the DWP says, adding that staff will be trained to use new powers appropriately. The department has also ...

New measures that will allow Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) officials to view details of benefit claimants' bank accounts could lead to "collateral intrusion" into people's private ...

Under a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disability benefits fraud clampdown, staff are being given the power to access bank accounts and seize cash. Under HMRC rules, the Labour Party ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking to introduce new measures to tackle benefit fraud and recover public funds. Parliamentary secretary Georgina Gould said: “Direct deduction ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed it will change the rules for everyone claiming Universal Credit as soon as April in a drive to cut millions from the benefits bill.