68 h. ago DWP and HMRC making major change to 10 benefits including Universal Credit

The DWP is to make changes to ten benefits payments within days - following the bank holiday adjustment, parents with children continuing their education have been warned to update HMRC by this date

Politics

1 week ago DWP to get 'major' snooping powers on claimants in 'biggest crackdown in fraud'

Latest powers unveiled by the government could give the DWP more power to scrutinise claimants and force banks to reveal private financial details, targeting those with savings stored up

Politics

3 w. ago Police launch Hatton Garden crackdown on £21m courier fraud targeting elderly victims

Criminals conned victims by posing as police and sending fake couriers to collect gold

Events

4 w. ago PIP cuts could still go ahead as planned in major DWP update after Starmer's U

Before Keir Starmer was forced into a brutal U-turn by rebelling MPs, the cuts to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) scheme were due to come into force in November 2026

Politics

4 w. ago DWP makes major Universal Credit change with UK households given £725 boost

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that the Universal Credit standard allowance will permanently rise above inflation, amounting to £725 by 2029/30 in cash terms for a single person aged 25 or over

Economics

last month Universal Credit overhaul set to boost DWP incomes for millions next year

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that four major changes to Universal Credit could be made

Politics

last month DWP outlines major £725 Universal Credit changes that would start next year

Millions of households would benefit from the payment increase, DWP officials say

Economics