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DWP

since 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 21:55 UTC

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5 days ago

US firm that tests eligibility for UK disability benefits pays £10m in dividends

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 08:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

British arm of Maximus, which provides DWP assessments, reports a 23% rise in pre-tax profit in annual figures

The British arm of a US contractor that profits from testing whether some people in the U…

10 days ago

‘Something has gone very wrong’: how the carers scandal was exposed

found 2025 › May › 24 (Sat) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

A Guardian investigation revealed how hundreds of thousands of people were plunged into debt – and some criminalised – for looking after their loved ones

One February afternoon in 2016, Sir Robert Dev…

13 days ago

Guardian journalists win Paul Foot award for carer’s allowance coverage

found 2025 › May › 21 (Wed) @ 00:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday honoured for their coverage of ‘enraging and heartbreaking’ DWP scandal

The Guardian journalists Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday have won the Paul Foot award for thei…

30 days ago

Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 16:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

Over five-year period Oksana Shahar – who cares for her son – was paid a small amount more than carer’s allowance earnings limits allow

It was three weeks after Christmas when the bombshell letter arr…

31 days ago

State pension top-ups backlog is 'six to eight months' a retiree is told by the DWP

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 14:21 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Sharon Gray, pictured, a retired civil servant from Herefordshire who paid £6,000 in March, was informed that this was the current wait time by a DWP staff member.

52 days ago

Bereaved families CAN still pursue cases of underpaid state pension, an MP discovers

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 09:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The DWP told Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesman Steve Darling it could still review state pension awards despite deletion of old records.

59 days ago

One in six Britons have more than £50,000 in savings… how do YOU compare?

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 11:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

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We break down recent DWP figures which show just how much Britons have saved - and the number of people with nothing to fall back on.

66 days ago

Shock DWP letters tell bereaved relatives underpaid state pension investigation is OVER

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 16:37 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Many elderly women died while unwittingly being underpaid untold sums in a state pension scandal uncovered by Steve Webb and This is Money.

Freeloader who moaned that claiming benefits is harder than working full time jets off to Japan for a dream trip paid for by the taxpayer

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 16:37 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Joshua Bishop - not his real name - went viral last year when he shared what the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) make him do to keep his unemployment benefit is harder than having a job.

3 months ago

Unpaid carer wins overpayment penalty case against DWP

found 2025 › Feb › 12 (Wed) @ 06:23 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

Andrea Tucker has overturned the demand for £4,600 in carer’s allowance overpayments for alleged breaches in benefit rules

Unpaid carer Andrea Tucker has won a legal victory against the Department for…

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