In April this year the Public Accounts Committee said: "DWP said it was not concerned that so far 21% of tax credits ...

Under new powers from the new Labour Party government, staff at the DWP are set to comb through bank accounts.

Here is a guide for anyone who claims Personal Independence Payments and all the changes in circumstances that need to be ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed plans for "direct access" to benefit claimants' bank accounts. This ...

This year Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday, while Boxing Day falls on a Thursday. The DWP will pay claimants on the final ...

The DWP is rolling out bank account checks in a crackdown on fraud and clampdown on benefit scammers, under the new Labour ...

The DWP is 'taking action' over calls for a £130 Christmas bonus for pensioners, after plans to send those on benefits £10 ...

or are based on being in receipt of specific DWP benefits. Extra money is due in accounts to help people with costs over the ...

In response, pensions minister Sir Stephen Timms revealed that as of November 4, around 2,700 full-time employees are tasked ...

The £10 Christmas bonus has been paid since 1972 and has never been increased, bar one year in 2008, when it was temporarily ...

Winter fuel payments worth up to £300 are due to arrive in the bank accounts of those eligible in November and December. It ...

Calls have been made for a massive increase to help some of the poorest people in the country at an expensive time of year ...