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All face-to-face and telephone health assessments for disability and sickness benefits will be audio recorded as standard from today to improve transparency in the benefit system.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
People who have stopped receiving benefits but still refuse to repay money owed to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could be banned from driving under sweeping new powers that come into force today.
Letters between the chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) and DWP Director of Poverty, Family and Disadvantage.
To: James Wolfe Director of Poverty, Family and Disadvantage Department鈥�
From: James Wolfe Director of Poverty Family and Disadvantage Directorate鈥�
The taxpayer will benefit from 拢7.53 billion in savings due to a crackdown on public sector fraud in the past year alone, new statistics today confirm.
Benefit cheats, fraudsters and debtors who can afford to repay but refuse will have money taken directly from their bank accounts or lose their driver's licence under tough new laws approved today.
Government stops over 拢480 million ending up in the pockets of fraudsters over twelve months since April 2024 - more money than ever before.
Child Benefit will be stripped from tens of thousands of people who have moved abroad in a major clampdown expected to save 拢350 million.
Millions of people will receive their essential financial support before the August bank holiday weekend, as the Government has confirmed that benefit payments will be brought forward to Friday 22 August.
A controversial system that automatically approves landlord requests to deduct tenants鈥� benefits to pay rent arrears and ongoing rent payments is being re-examined, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall announced today [Tu鈥�
Many sick and disabled people say they want to work to help boost their living standards 鈥� but aren鈥檛 given the right support, according to new data published on Time to Talk day today [6 February].
Welfare fraudsters who cheated the taxpayer out of 拢7 billion last year could be banned from driving if they repeatedly fail to reimburse the public and repay their debt.
Up to 880,000 households across the UK may be missing out on support worth on average over 拢3,900 a year. Read more about claiming for yourself or a loved one.
From today low-income households will start to receive the third Cost of Living Payment worth 拢299.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
11.9 million Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments 鈥� worth over 拢4.8 billion 鈥� have been made to pensioners across the UK over the past month
Around 8 million eligible households across the UK are set to receive a 拢299 Cost of Living Payment in February, as the Government unveiled its plans to reward work, reform welfare and grow the economy.
Payments of up to 拢600 are landing directly in the bank accounts of around 11.5 million UK pensioners for the second year running.
Bereaved parents who lost their partner between 9 April 2001 and 8 February 2023 may be eligible for a backdated government payment even if they no longer have dependent children.
More than six million disabled people across the UK are set to receive a 拢150 Disability Cost of Living Payment from today.
Minister for Pensions Laura Trott is today calling on pensioners to check if they are eligible for Pension Credit ahead of the launch of a new 鈥淚nvitation to Claim鈥� trial.
More than six million disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off 拢150 Disability Cost of Living Payment from 20 June.
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