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DWP to hammer up to 900,000 people with benefit freeze as they move to Universal Credit

Up to 900,000 of the 2.6m ‘legacy’ households will be worse off long-term under UC, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted

Chronicle Live

'Third of government policies due to have negative impact on equalities'

The claims come in a report by the Compassion in Politics think tank which studied a series of Equality Impact Assessments on Whitehall policies over the past decade

Daily Mirror

More than 3,000 DWP Work Coaches in 'biggest ever jobs Army' lose their jobs

Some of the Jobcentre advisors will now have to claim Universal Credit themselves as union chiefs blasted confirmed cutbacks at the Department for Work and Pensions

Daily Mirror

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DWP Universal Credit and PIP claimants to get major increase next year

People claiming benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions could see a massive increase to their payments next year amid a worsening cost of living crisis.

Edinburgh Live

DWP set to close offices in Scotland and UK putting 'thousands' of jobs at risk

The Department for Work and Pensions has revealed that it is set to shut offices across the UK, including ones in Scotland, which will leave thousands of jobs at risk

Glasgow Live

DWP to close 42 UK offices putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk

Minister says he will ‘see what opportunities there are within DWP’ for affected staff

The Independent UK

DWP set to close 41 UK offices with 'thousands' of jobs at risk - full list

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to close dozens of offices, and workers were summoned to a briefing this morning as 1,300 face having no nearby alternative office to move jobs

Daily Mirror

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DWP order Universal Credit claimants to travel three hours for work or lose benefits

SNP Work and Pensions spokesman David Linden has slammed a Universal Credit rule that forces people to consider commuting to jobs in other cities or face losing their benefits.

Daily Record

DWP chief Therese Coffey says her energy bill is too high and she told firm to cut it

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said 'I don’t pretend in any way to be poor, I’m not trying to suggest that at all' - as she criticised firms for jacking up direct debits in advance

Daily Mirror

DWP Universal Credit claimants to see benefits cut under tough new sanctions

The Department for Work and Pensions has introduced a new initiative in a bid to get 500,000 people back into employment that will see Universal Credit claimants face tougher sanctions if they fail to find a job

Glasgow Live

Cabinet ministers clash over BBC licence fee plans

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has hinted that she clashed in a Cabinet meeting with Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries over plans to scrap the licence fee which funds the BBC.

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