More than £500 million of taxpayers’ money has been handed out to dead people in just five years because of a pension rule – and families do not have to give it back. In response to requests for an immediate systemic change, a government minister acknowledged the magnitude of incorrect payouts in previous years. TheContinue reading “Due To Pension Rule, DWP Pays £500 Million To Dead People”
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Fraudster Who Stole £50,000 From Benefits
Despite defrauding £50,000 worth of benefits, a fraudster secured employment processing Universal Credit claims. Chido Vincent was employed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in 2014, despite serving an 18-month jail sentence for exceeding his immigration limits and forging a letter to apply for benefits. For reasons unconnected to his conviction, the 57-year-oldContinue reading “Fraudster Who Stole £50,000 From Benefits”
BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN
Based on the child credit component of the previously rejected Health Government’s Tax Credit proposal, which would have abolished PAYE and integrated tax and benefits, Barbara Castle established Child Benefit in 1975. It has long been a necessary component of our lives, and everyone has the right to it—even those with higher incomes than othersContinue reading “BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN”
Trial Of Bank Account Monitoring Reveals 63,000 Benefit Claimants Breaking Rules
Tens of thousands of claimants were found to be in violation of benefit regulations during the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) trial of its new bank monitoring capabilities. The DWP is currently working on tackling fraud, debt, and error in the benefit system. One of the new plans will give the DWP the power to check the claimant’s bank accounts.Continue reading “Trial Of Bank Account Monitoring Reveals 63,000 Benefit Claimants Breaking Rules”
Some People With ‘Mild’ Mental Health Problems Will Be Told To Seek Therapy And Get Back To Work Under Disability Benefit Cash Clampdown Targeting 3.5 Million
Ministers will tell people with ‘mild’ mental health problems to get therapy and get back to work this week as they seek to reduce the 3.5 million disability benefits bill. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride is set to announce plans to overhaul the way disability benefits work in a statement to the Commons onContinue reading “Some People With ‘Mild’ Mental Health Problems Will Be Told To Seek Therapy And Get Back To Work Under Disability Benefit Cash Clampdown Targeting 3.5 Million”
Suicide Attempt By Disabled Man At JobCentre Protest
A disabled man has attempted to end his life by taking poison pills at a job centre. He’s been charged with having a chemical weapon. David Rollins decided to attempt suicide on June 23 because he said that he was facing the possibility of losing half of his ‘already stretched income’. David Rollins consumed theContinue reading “Suicide Attempt By Disabled Man At JobCentre Protest”
From Today, Households Will Receive £301 As Part Of The Cost Of Living Payment For 2023
More than eight million households across the UK will welcome the latest £301 cost of living support payment from the Government from today. It’s the first of three payments, totalling up to £900 for people who are on certain means-tested benefits. Households eligible for the cost of living payments include people receiving Universal Credit, Income-basedContinue reading “From Today, Households Will Receive £301 As Part Of The Cost Of Living Payment For 2023”
DWP Announces First Strike Dates Over Christmas
Union chiefs have announced their first in a surge of walkouts at the Department for Work and Pensions as employees walk out for two weeks over Christmas. About 200 benefits staff will down tools between December 19 and 30 at three Jobcentres in Liverpool and a back office in Doncaster. The union expects it toContinue reading “DWP Announces First Strike Dates Over Christmas”
State Pensions
With the cost of living spiralling, people across the country need certainty about their pensions. Most pensioners have a fixed income and millions of over 66s depend on the state pension as their primary source of money to buy life’s necessities. The UK state pension is the worst in the developed world, with nine outContinue reading “State Pensions”
There Will Be Hundreds Of Civil Servants Who Will Never Return To Their Offices
Hundreds of civil servants will never have to return to the office after being allowed to work from home permanently. Official figures show the number of Government workers on special home working contracts had almost tripled since the pandemic. There were 183 home workers across eight of the main Whitehall departments in 2019-20, increasing toContinue reading “There Will Be Hundreds Of Civil Servants Who Will Never Return To Their Offices”
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