DWP explains Universal Credit change and how it will apply to 'all benefits'

New legislation has come in with a raft of new anti-fraud powers, including bank account checks to verify the eligibility of ...

DWP update on Universal Credit changes extending to 'entire benefits system'

Senior officials from the department were grilled by MPs ...

Universal Credit numbers rise by more than a million as DWP ends 'legacy benefits'

The number of people in Britain awarded universal credit jumped by more than a million in 2025. This was largely due to people moving from older-style benefits, now being axed by the DWP ...

DWP launching Universal Credit crackdown as eight million claimants warned

DWP boss Peter Schofield has been grilled in front of the Treasury Committee over Universal Credit overpayments ...