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DWP: Universal Credit major rule change announced that could impact payments

The Work and Pensions Secretary said the change would be "very soon"

Nottingham Post

DWP '12 hour' change could see Universal Credit claimants miss out on benefits

The current system in place states that anyone working nine hours or more doesn't need to attend regular Job Centre appointments - but the minimum requirement will soon rise to 12 hours.

Chronicle Live

5 DWP loopholes mean thousands could miss out on £650 cost of living payment

The first instalment is due next month

Nottingham Post

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SNP say DWP is 'broken beyond repair' after millions receive wrong pension

UK Government IT failures which have led to millions receiving the wrong pension for decades are a sign the Department for Work and Pensions…

The National (Scotland)

DWP confirms £650 cost of living payment date for 8 million households

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced the date that 8 million households throughout the UK who claim certain benefits will receive the first part of the £650 cost of living payment

Glasgow Live

DWP confirms date 8m households will receive first part of £650 cost of living payment next month

Eligible households in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive a payment for £326 in July.

Daily Record

DWP Universal Credit warning as staff given power to arrest claimants

Department for Work and Pensions staff may be given sweeping new powers to arrest claimants and issue fines — as well as have easier access to their bank details

Glasgow Live

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DWP staff can now arrest claimants in Universal Credit fraud crackdown

Two million claimants are set to have their cases dredged up and face fines

Liverpool Echo

DWP officers to be given power to make arrests and execute warrants in Universal Credit benefit fraud crackdown

The 'Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System' plan outlines how 2,000 trained specialists will review more than two million Universal Credit claims.

Daily Record

DWP staff get power to arrest Brits in hardline Universal Credit fraud crackdown

Tory DWP chief Therese Coffey will announce sweeping laws to mass-request bank account data and slap people with fines even if they're not convicted of a crime. But work on the law won't start for at least a year

Daily Mirror

DWP to hammer up to 900,000 people with benefit freeze as they move to Universal Credit

Up to 900,000 of the 2.6m ‘legacy’ households will be worse off long-term under UC, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted

Chronicle Live

'Third of government policies due to have negative impact on equalities'

The claims come in a report by the Compassion in Politics think tank which studied a series of Equality Impact Assessments on Whitehall policies over the past decade

Daily Mirror

More than 3,000 DWP Work Coaches in 'biggest ever jobs Army' lose their jobs

Some of the Jobcentre advisors will now have to claim Universal Credit themselves as union chiefs blasted confirmed cutbacks at the Department for Work and Pensions

Daily Mirror

DWP Universal Credit and PIP claimants to get major increase next year

People claiming benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions could see a massive increase to their payments next year amid a worsening cost of living crisis.

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Glasgow Live

DWP set to close offices in Scotland and UK putting 'thousands' of jobs at risk

The Department for Work and Pensions has revealed that it is set to shut offices across the UK, including ones in Scotland, which will leave thousands of jobs at risk

The Independent UK

DWP to close 42 UK offices putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk

Minister says he will ‘see what opportunities there are within DWP’ for affected staff

Daily Mirror

DWP set to close 41 UK offices with 'thousands' of jobs at risk - full list

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to close dozens of offices, and workers were summoned to a briefing this morning as 1,300 face having no nearby alternative office to move jobs

Daily Record

DWP order Universal Credit claimants to travel three hours for work or lose benefits

SNP Work and Pensions spokesman David Linden has slammed a Universal Credit rule that forces people to consider commuting to jobs in other cities or face losing their benefits.

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Daily Mirror

DWP chief Therese Coffey says her energy bill is too high and she told firm to cut it

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said 'I don’t pretend in any way to be poor, I’m not trying to suggest that at all' - as she criticised firms for jacking up direct debits in advance

Glasgow Live

DWP Universal Credit claimants to see benefits cut under tough new sanctions

The Department for Work and Pensions has introduced a new initiative in a bid to get 500,000 people back into employment that will see Universal Credit claimants face tougher sanctions if they fail to find a job

Evening Standard

Cabinet ministers clash over BBC licence fee plans

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has hinted that she clashed in a Cabinet meeting with Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries over plans to scrap the licence fee which funds the BBC.

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