So much for getting a grip on benefits! Number of people claiming Universal Credit rises 63,000 in a MONTH including 25,000 not required to seek work ⊕
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The Department of Work and Pensions today revealed 8.40million people were receiving the welfare payment in February, up from 8.34million in January.
23 days ago
MPs threaten fresh inquiry into carers allowance scandal amid redress delays ⊖⊖
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Unpaid carers say they remain ‘in limbo’ as DWP continues to pursue discredited repayment bills
MPs have threatened to launch a fresh inquiry into the handling of the carers allowance scandal after un…
28 days ago
One in 10 working age Brits are on disability benefits with 1,000 successful claims A DAY - as pressure piles on Keir Starmer to face down Labour MPs on cutting welfare bill ⊕
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New data from the Department for Work and Pensions revealed there were 3.9million claimants entitled to Personal Independent Payment (PIP) as of January this year.
Young people want to work: now there may be jobs for them | Polly Toynbee ⊕⊕
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I spent a week at a London jobcentre. Those I met were smart and eager to work – and now they have a government willing to help them
Labour did it before. Can it do it again, with things being so much…
Penny finally drops for Labour: After taxing young people out of the workplace, the Government is now bribing employers with £3,000 handouts to hire under-25s ⊕
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden has announced that £1billion will be invested to help get 200,000 young people into work over the next three years.
29 days ago
Ministers to tell Labour MPs they can't keep on ducking welfare cuts as they launch £1billion scheme ○
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden will unveil a £1billion scheme designed to help 200,000 young people into work or apprenticeships.
47 days ago
Embarrassment for Labour as government is saved from strike action by Tory curbs on unions... months before they are due to be abolished ⊖
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The PCS had balloted 50,000 staff at the Department for Work and Pensions over industrial action to demand higher pay.
55 days ago
My husband died three years ago but I still haven't got his £17,000 pension: SALLY SORTS IT ⊖⊖
My husband worked for the Department for Work and Pensions for over 30 years but died nearly three years ago. I applied for his civil service pension.
74 days ago
Labour deny Waspi women pension payouts amid fury at 'betrayal'... and it all seems very boring to Chancellor's yawning righthand man ⊖⊖
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Campaigners and Labour MPs voiced fury after Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden announced that a review had confirmed payouts are not required.
83 days ago
Brits claiming Universal Credit without need to look for work soars by 1.5million since Labour came to power ⊕
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The claimant total stood at a provisional 8.40million in December 2025 - up from 7.36million a year earlier, according to new Department for Work and Pensions data.