DWP WorkWell scheme being picked up by Labour despite issues
Iain Duncan-Smith’s notorious think tank the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) looks to be behind a flagship pilot work programme the Tories set in motion during the last gasps of…
DWP think tank founded by IDS caught influencing new reforms
This is part one of a three-article investigation into the CSJ’s influence over the previous Conservative government, and Labour’s welfare policies while in opposition. In particular, it explores how the…
CSJ DWP think tank already lobbying Labour govt over benefits
Notorious dark money think tank the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) – founded by former head of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Iain Duncan-Smith – is at its…
major change is coming in September to assessments
In September, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will roll its suite of functional health assessments into one. Specifically, this means that DWP contractors will look at claims for…
DWP harmful Restart scheme just given £1bn MORE to continue
Not only did the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hand a harmful “back to work” contract extension to notorious private outsourcing company Serco, but it also awarded it to…
32% of Tax Credit claimants lose in DWP switch
The Canary has been writing about the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) stripping people of their benefits when it forces them onto Universal Credit for nearly a year. When…
DWP Restart Scheme harming claimants, as Serco gets contract
Notorious outsourcing company Serco has tightened its grip on the welfare state. Another contract from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is funnelling a further £175m to the controversial…
pensioners and claimants under fire
In case you missed the memo, the new Labour Party government-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) isn’t taking tough enough action on the sky-rocketing rates of benefit fraud. According…
are you having to live on £3 per day?
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit cap is pushing low-income families into destitution while trapping them in shoddy, squalid housing. It’s leaving some to live off of as…
DWP benefit fraud in the spotlight once again
The now Labour-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its annual report. So predictably, it was prime opportunity for the right-wing hacks at the Times to punch down on…
Free School Meals For All rally heads to parliament
On Tuesday 23 July, campaigners, politicians, and trade unions gathered at parliament to call on the new Labour Party government to provide #FreeSchoolMealsForAll. You’d think, given the evidence, that giving…
group calls on new Labour government to step up
A key coalition of disability rights groups have written to the new Labour Party government. In a letter addressed to prime minister Keir Starmer, the Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG)…