If the date you usually expect your benefit payment falls on a weekend or a bank holiday, then your benefit will be paid on the working day before. If your NI number is 00 to 019 ... And if it’s still ...

In 2025, we should start to see Labour reveal more detail about how it hopes to reform the benefits ... to those where an overpayment has been identified, and steps such as mandatory reconsideration ...

Throughout 2024, thousands of benefit claimants have moved from legacy benefits like Tax Credits to Universal Credit as part of the managed migration process. Next up on the DWP's radar are the ...

He added that the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) was undertaking a “new ... data that may show indications of potential benefit overpayments. The bill has not yet been tabled but, once ...

The DWP says this new rate means the amount deducted from someone’s benefit payment due to an overpayment is reduced ... We have a number of communities to join, so you can choose which one ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall says the proposed laws will make sure those who 'seek to cheat' the welfare system ...

The Government is poised to introduce new powers for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to scrutinise the bank accounts of benefit claimants in an effort to tackle suspected fraud.

The Government is soon to bring in powers for the DWP to check the bank accounts ... individual's financial dealings to look for evidence of benefit overpayments. The new measures are coming ...

2025 marks an ambitious year for the Department for Work and Pensions, as not only is it undertaking the new fraud investigation powers being granted by the Labour government as well as tightening ...