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

The DWP leaders were specifically questioned about Universal Credit, where the overpayment rate stood at 9.7 per cent for the ...

Delivering the new rates to parliament, the work and pensions minister Pat McFadden said: “I have concluded my statutory ...

The DWP has explained how it uses bank account information to check the eligibility of those on benefits. The department has ...

The number of people claiming universal credit has risen by more than a million in a year, up to over 8 million, new figures show. (PA) The number of people claiming universal credit (UC) has risen by ...

The government says it has commissioned a review into "what's holding the younger generation back".

Millions of benefits and state pension claimants will see their payments increase this year.

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

Many people claiming one of two benefits may have already been sent a letter by the DWP ...

Here is more information about the upcoming changes to Universal Credit, who will be affected and what the new announcements will mean for claimants ...