DWP repeatedly breaches FoI laws ‘in bid to hide secret jobcentre reports’
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has repeatedly breached freedom of information laws in…
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DWP is asked why ‘not fit for work’ universal credit claimants are being sanctioned
A minister has been asked why the benefits of hundreds of sick and disabled claimants…
Benefit sanctions regime discriminates against disabled claimants, new research shows
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it has been running…
DWP agrees to test new approach in latest sign of softer approach to sanctions
Ministers are to test a new approach to dealing with claimants who breach strict benefit…
Spending watchdog calls for ‘wide-ranging’ review of benefit sanctions regime
The government has been heavily-criticised by the public spending watchdog for failing to investigate how…
Minister: ‘We don’t warn social workers when vulnerable claimants are sanctioned’
A minister has admitted that it is not government policy to warn health or social…