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DWP given powers to arrest benefits claimants in draconian new measures

SPECIALIST benefits office staff will be given the power to make arrests as part of a new push to crack down on welfare fraud.

The National (Scotland)

DWP staff to get powers of arrest in clampdown on Universal Credit fraud

New agents are already being recruited as part of a £200 million-a-year plan

Wales Online

New PIP-style benefit projected to support 475,000 more people in next five years

A phased rollout of Adult Disability Payment began in March.

Daily Record

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DWP stops soaring numbers of Brits' Universal Credit as Jobcentres reopen after Covid

DWP data shows 38,244 benefit sanctions were imposed on Universal Credit(UC) claimants in January this year - the highest for at least three years and numbers are climbing fast

Daily Mirror

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

Calls to increase DWP benefits and State Pension before next April to help people with soaring living costs

The annual uprating is determined by the previous September’s inflation rate.

Daily Record

7 plans Rishi Sunak may have for your wallet after fury at cost of living 'dithering'

A business chief blasted 'what are we waiting for?' after Chancellor Rishi Sunak said 'the next few months will be tough' at a CBI dinner - and sources briefed out a flurry of unconfirmed tax changes

Daily Mirror

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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

‘Like going back in time’: Windrush victim told to send selfies to DWP or lose universal credit

‘I went through all of this for 10 years and to be put back there again is devastating,’ says Glenda Caesar

The Independent UK

New and existing PIP claimants with long-term health conditions will see major changes to awards this year

Adult Disability Payment will open in three more council areas next month.

Daily Record

New £600m plan to tackle benefit fraud to be introduced

Two thousand trained specialists will review two million Universal Credit claims in the next five years

Wales Online

New £600m plan to fight benefit fraud to be unveiled

The plan will involve 2,000 trained specialists reviewing two million universal credit claims over the next five years.

The Independent UK

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

Caruso, Bass and De León battle for the undecided voters as LA mayor’s field thins

LOS ANGELES — City Attorney Mike Feuer ended his campaign for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday, the latest jolt to a race that has suddenly narrowed to a handful of leading candidates.

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Daily Record

DWP says 1.4m legacy benefit claimants will be better off by £220 each month on Universal Credit

Some 300,000 will see no change in entitlement, but around 900,000 could be worse off.

Daily Record

New petition calling for DWP benefits to increase in line with inflation rate due official response

Inflation has risen to a 40-year high of 9% while benefits increased by 3.1% in April.

Daily Mirror

Thousands of pensioners in line for £9,500 state pension payout after DWP error

The DWP error is linked to married and or widowed people, and those over the age of 80, who wrongly didn’t have their state pension automatically topped up when they should have

Daily Record

New Universal Credit identity verification process for people making a new claim to DWP

Nearly 5.6m people across the UK are receiving support through Universal Credit.

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DWP: 19 health conditions that could make you eligible for extra £156 PIP a week

Personal Independence Payment is administered by the Department for Work and Pensions and is available to people who have specific health conditions

Daily Record

DWP releases new guidance which could help more people access loans worth up to £812 within 14 days

A Budgeting Loan is only available to people receiving certain benefits.

Liverpool Echo

Appealing a PIP award decision if you think DWP decision makers got it wrong

Here are some simple steps to follow if you think the DWP decision makers got it wrong

Daily Mirror

Single parents set to lose a whole month's pay this year thanks to rocketing inflation

Damning House of Commons Library analysis finds inflation, DWP Universal Credit and National Insurance and tax changes will leave a single parent-of-two £1,214 worse off - which is what they take home after tax in a month

Liverpool Echo

DWP benefits older people can no longer claim when they reach State Pension age

Certain DWP benefits may stop once people reach the official age of retirement

Nottingham Post

DWP: PIP explained and the 19 health conditions that could get you £156 extra a week

PIP is administered by the Department for Work and Pensions

Daily Mirror

All six benefits that are being switched over to Universal Credit explained

The mass transfer to Universal Credit was paused due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has once again started inviting people to move over to the new system

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