Benefit reforms save £3bn but will be a disaster for DWP claimants
Labour Party plans to get more disabled people back to work must ensure that the risk is not carried solely by the individual if they take steps towards work, new…
DWP mental health claimants to be targeted in hospital by Labour
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Labour Party boss Liz Kendall has told the BBC about the government’s plans to coerce people with “serious” mental health problems into work. This involves…
DWP claimants to be coerced into weight-loss drug trials for jobs
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit claimants are going to be sold-off, as such, by the Labour Party government to Big Pharma giant Lilly for weight-loss drug trials. We’d…
DWP plans will see it allowed to spy on claimants’ bank accounts
Rights groups are fighting back against Labour Party PM Keir Starmer’s decision to resurrect old Tory plans to make disabled people’s lives harder. It concerns rules around how the Department…
DWP claimant’s story splashed over the media isn’t what it seems
The vile corporate media has started trotting out the face of its benefit scrounger narrative: Marie Buchan. Disgracefully naming a single mum claiming benefits, “Britain’s Welfare Queen”, a series of…
DWP caught harassing Carer’s Allowance claimants via SMS
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been under fire for pursuing unpaid carers over alleged overpayments of DWP Carer’s Allowance. It was a decision that has sparked outrage…
some claimants denied enhanced rate back payments
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could potentially owe hundreds of thousands of personal independence payment (PIP) claimants thousands in back-payments. This is thanks to a high court ruling…
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…
DWP Universal Credit claimants targeted by MSM clickbait
Corporate media outlet BirminghamLive has published another misleading article on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Universal Credit. In particular, the site has played into benefit claimant concerns as…
DWP wrongly forces claimants through investigation
The Canary has previously reported how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reliance on AI and algorithmic technology for benefit fraud detection could put disabled and chronically ill claimants…