DwP benefits hotline spends £8m a year of taxpayers cash on translators for 90 different languages - some spoken by fewer than one million people
Official figures have shown that the Department for Works and Pensions is spending almost £8million a year on translation ...
Thousands of households miss out on DWP benefits payments worth £1,000s in Universal Credit shake-up
HOUSEHOLDS on six legacy benefits that are being replaced by Universal Credit are missing out on thousands of pounds a year after their payments were axed. New government figures show 338,718 ...
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Seven ways PIP payments could change as DWP looks to slash up to £5bn from disability benefits bill
The Department for Work and Pensions is looking at ways to reduce the amount of money paid out in Personal Independence ...
New calls for State Pension age public inquiry for 1950s-born women affected by DWP changes
An online petition argues that not all views of women impacted by changes to their State Pension have been heard.
Benefits claimants could be forced to open up their bank accounts to the government in crackdown on welfare fraud
Under new Labour plans to clamp down on the UK's escalating benefit fraud, the government would be handed the power to view ...
DWP benefit cuts could be as much as £5bn under Labour plans
Labour’s planned benefit spending cuts have reportedly ballooned to as much as £5 billion as Rachel Reeves grapples with ...
March 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions as PIP and Universal Credit set to rise
All DWP-administered benefits will be rising 1.7 per cent as the state pension rises by 4.1 per cent in line with the triple ...
Taxpayers spend £8m a year on interpreters for benefits claimants
DWP is paying out an average of £250 per call to give advice, with some languages having fewer than a million speakers ...
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Universal Credit and PIP 'changes' to slash £5bn from benefits bill
LABOUR are reportedly considering around £5 billion in cuts to the welfare budget – as disability rights campaigners warned ministers they ...
DWP state pensioners given triple lock warning over 2026 increase
State pension payments are increasing 4.1% in April in line with the triple lock but there are questions about what lies ...
Rachel Reeves in DWP war over plans for £5 billion in benefit cuts
A major political row has reportedly erupted between the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) Secretary Liz Kendall and ...
DWP sends out urgent letter to thousands as benefit scrapped from April
Anyone who receives a letter as part of the migration to Universal Credit will have three months to take action ...