The Big Issue3h
DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
A total of 686,756 people were accused of universal credit overpayment debts due to DWP mistakes in 2023/2024.
DWP forces over 680,000 people to pay back benefits after mistakes it had made
Under the current rules, the benefits department recovers benefits overpayments by deducting an amount from a claimant's ...
DWP is accused of 686,756 mistaken overpayments and is urged to stop deducting claimant's benefits
The DWP can deduct the overpayments directly from people's benefits and says it makes sure this is affordable for the ...
The DWP forced over 680,000 people to pay for its own mistakes. Now campaigners want the law changed
The legal charity has helped several claimants win back thousands from the DWP in unfair overpayment cases. Alongside 30 ...
AOL2d
The DWP forced over 680,000 people to pay for its own mistakes. Now campaigners want the law changed
Paying it back even at a small amount a month would have ... this without North Bristol Advice Centre and Public Law Project.” The DWP has disputed the figures shared by the PLP, and no longer ...
Birmingham Mail2d
DWP could be forced to change long-standing rule after 680,000 people break it
The Department for Work and Pensions has forced 680,000 people to pay for the government's own mistakes - but now campaigners are trying to get the law changed. The DWP must ‘take responsibility ...
The Big Issue6h
'Being alive is utterly exhausting': How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits
As the government seeks to crack down on worklessness in the UK, perhaps ministers need to consider the people suffering with ...
Politico Europe7h
Why sh*t gets real for Keir Starmer in June
A flurry of crucial policy reviews on areas that could define the U.K. prime minister’s government are coming due. POLITICO ...