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People on PIP may be due up to £5,000 in back payments as part of DWP review

The DWP is reviewing claims made on or after August 21, 2020 including those where PIP was not awarded.

Daily Record

PIP, Universal Credit and other benefits to be paid early due to Spring and Platinum Jubilee bank holidays

DWP benefits and Tax Credits payment dates may change if it falls on June 2 and 3.

Daily Record

Seven types of DWP fraud and the punishment they carry as new ‘civil penalty’ proposed

The current penalty system has not been updated for 10 years.

Daily Record

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Legacy benefits timetable for managed migration to Universal Credit not known until DWP completes 'discovery phase'

MPs asked DWP about the planned timeframe for managed migration in areas across the UK.

Daily Record

DWP Universal Credit warning as staff given power to arrest claimants

Department for Work and Pensions staff may be given sweeping new powers to arrest claimants and issue fines — as well as have easier access to their bank details

Glasgow Live

New DWP plan to tackle benefit fraud to focus on these five areas of Universal Credit claims

A new 2,000-strong team will review more than 2m existing Universal Credit claims over the next five years.

Daily Record

Claim PIP for 87 muscle or joint conditions and you could get up to £156 every week from DWP

If you are living with any of these musculoskeletal conditions you may be eligible for PIP.

Daily Record

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DWP given powers to arrest benefits claimants in draconian new measures

SPECIALIST benefits office staff will be given the power to make arrests as part of a new push to crack down on welfare fraud.

The National (Scotland)

DWP staff to get powers of arrest in clampdown on Universal Credit fraud

New agents are already being recruited as part of a £200 million-a-year plan

Wales Online

New PIP-style benefit projected to support 475,000 more people in next five years

A phased rollout of Adult Disability Payment began in March.

Daily Record

DWP stops soaring numbers of Brits' Universal Credit as Jobcentres reopen after Covid

DWP data shows 38,244 benefit sanctions were imposed on Universal Credit(UC) claimants in January this year - the highest for at least three years and numbers are climbing fast

Daily Mirror

DWP staff can now arrest claimants in Universal Credit fraud crackdown

Two million claimants are set to have their cases dredged up and face fines

Liverpool Echo

Calls to increase DWP benefits and State Pension before next April to help people with soaring living costs

The annual uprating is determined by the previous September’s inflation rate.

Daily Record

7 plans Rishi Sunak may have for your wallet after fury at cost of living 'dithering'

A business chief blasted 'what are we waiting for?' after Chancellor Rishi Sunak said 'the next few months will be tough' at a CBI dinner - and sources briefed out a flurry of unconfirmed tax changes

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Daily Record

DWP officers to be given power to make arrests and execute warrants in Universal Credit benefit fraud crackdown

The 'Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System' plan outlines how 2,000 trained specialists will review more than two million Universal Credit claims.

The Independent UK

‘Like going back in time’: Windrush victim told to send selfies to DWP or lose universal credit

‘I went through all of this for 10 years and to be put back there again is devastating,’ says Glenda Caesar

Daily Record

New and existing PIP claimants with long-term health conditions will see major changes to awards this year

Adult Disability Payment will open in three more council areas next month.

Wales Online

New £600m plan to tackle benefit fraud to be introduced

Two thousand trained specialists will review two million Universal Credit claims in the next five years

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Daily Mirror

DWP staff get power to arrest Brits in hardline Universal Credit fraud crackdown

Tory DWP chief Therese Coffey will announce sweeping laws to mass-request bank account data and slap people with fines even if they're not convicted of a crime. But work on the law won't start for at least a year

The Independent UK

New £600m plan to fight benefit fraud to be unveiled

The plan will involve 2,000 trained specialists reviewing two million universal credit claims over the next five years.

Los Angeles Times

Caruso, Bass and De León battle for the undecided voters as LA mayor’s field thins

LOS ANGELES — City Attorney Mike Feuer ended his campaign for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday, the latest jolt to a race that has suddenly narrowed to a handful of leading candidates.

Daily Record

DWP says 1.4m legacy benefit claimants will be better off by £220 each month on Universal Credit

Some 300,000 will see no change in entitlement, but around 900,000 could be worse off.

Daily Record

New petition calling for DWP benefits to increase in line with inflation rate due official response

Inflation has risen to a 40-year high of 9% while benefits increased by 3.1% in April.

Daily Mirror

Thousands of pensioners in line for £9,500 state pension payout after DWP error

The DWP error is linked to married and or widowed people, and those over the age of 80, who wrongly didn’t have their state pension automatically topped up when they should have

Daily Record

New Universal Credit identity verification process for people making a new claim to DWP

Nearly 5.6m people across the UK are receiving support through Universal Credit.

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