Shock poll finds one in five DWP staff claim benefits
The figure has doubled in six months
The figure has doubled in six months
As the cost-of-living crisis deepens, charities warn that without government intervention, millions could be pushed into poverty and destitution.
Why was the new Work and Pensions boss’ first Parliamentary statement to reject the United Nation’s findings on poverty?
The union took a huge membership hit after Ministers ended the ‘check off’ system in 2015 – but they are bouncing back.
This just a week after a Tory former DWP minister said there was “something is seriously wrong with the system”.
‘Support for mortgage interest’ for 110,000 people is being cut and less than 10% have applied for the loan offered by Serco to replace it.
Despite his supposedly principled resignation, Duncan Smith’s legacy is one of deep prejudice and stigma
The DWP secretary did not have the decency to even mention the deaths that have occurred on his watch
The government is intent on extending benefit sanctions by stealth
A sanction now lasts a minimum of four weeks and can be as long as three years