DWP inappropriately lists – then drops – ‘striptease artist’ as career for jobseekers
On the day this year’s GCSE results came out, no doubt you can picture the scene yourself. “Gosh!” says young …
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Typical DWP: How much cancer do you need to have before qualifying for benefits?
Katie Larn told the BBC she thinks the assessor who carried out a home visit to determine whether she qualified …
DWP slammed over ‘total surveillance’ policy
This is well worth your time: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been slammed by the UN over its surveillance …
Capita u-turns on court appeal over claimant death – opening itself to more claims?
Outsourcing giant Capita has dropped an appeal against a court decision ordering it to pay damages to the family of …
‘We’ve been wronged’ says outsourcing firm after death of claimant whose benefits were wrongly stopped
It must be great to be so rich you think you can buy justice. Take government-contract outsourcing firm Capita, that …
#MeToo : Story of Universal Credit claimant eating from bins prompts massive response
The story of David Strong, a Universal Credit claimant unable to work due to epilepsy who was forced to beg …
UC claimant ‘begging and eating out of bins’ after DWP left him with just £16 per month
The Department for Work and Pensions would hate the world to know about this, so here it is. You can bet …
Universal Credit claims another life – and the Tory-run DWP is still making excuses
It is criminal. Civil servants from the Department for Work and Pensions might as well have killed Phillip Herron themselves: …
Grilling for DWP boss over Universal Credit – ‘the most error-riddled of all benefits’
After the DWP’s recent propaganda campaign on Universal Credit “myth-busting”, is it planning to run another, warning about fraud? That …
Terminally-ill benefit claimants are demanding an end to re-assessments – and here’s a very good reason
People with terminal illness have explained why ministers must end the “arbitrary and outdated” rules that force many of them …