The Latest Breaking News from Department of Work and Pensions

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 · Mar 2, 2023

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 · Feb 9, 2023

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 · Feb 8, 2023

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 · Nov 23, 2022

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 · Nov 3, 2022

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 · Nov 3, 2022

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

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

Liverpool Echo · Nov 3, 2022

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 · Oct 21, 2022

DWP under fire for 'inadequate' mortgage help scheme

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

Bristol Post · Oct 7, 2022

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)

Daily Mirror · Sep 13, 2022