Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb has hit out at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over letters sent to grieving families asking them to return overpaid pension payments without ...

It is understood that no further letters are issued if the DWP does not receive a response and that an initial recovery is attempted from the bank where the payment was made or from the deceased's ...

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants could see their payments stop or reduced if they do not act quickly.

The DWP has encouraged people to act on a key letter going out to benefit claimants or you could get a home visit from officials. The move of people on legacy benefits onto Universal Credit is in ...

Sir Steve Webb said the letters from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) do not make clear that repaying the money is voluntary. The DWP overpaid more than £500 million of state pension ...

A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) letter could signal the end of payments for some claimants. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tax credits will soon be ending across the country, which means ...

People on Personal Independence Payment with a 10-year award are due a new "light-touch" review letter from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP). The DWP says “in most cases” people ...

A former pensions minister has spoken out about the DWP practice of requesting repayments from bereaved relatives of money paid in error to a loved one who has died ...

Sir Steve Webb said the letters from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) do not make clear that repaying the money is voluntary. The DWP overpaid more than £500 million of state pension and ...