The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released a statement to clear up confusion following remarks made by a high-ranking official regarding the use of "other intelligence" to monitor ...

Campaigners have blasted the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) crackdown on benefit fraud, claiming it “deepens stigma” for people on benefits and could ...

The DWP has been warned that its tough new benefit fraud crackdown is 'not enough' to recover the huge amount paid out to people who aren't entitled to receive it. The Public Authorities (Fraud ...

She added: "People who are genuinely entitled to claim benefits have nothing to worry about from this Bill, but we believe that the £7.4 billion wasted every year through benefit fraud must be ...

"As with any other type of fraud, we robustly investigate any evidence that a customer might be claiming or receiving a benefit inappropriately from abroad." During the meeting, DWP officials also ...

Government proposals to curb multibillion-pound benefit fraud involve “tools of an Orwellian surveillance state” and could put people through “absolute hell”, MPs have warned. The Public ...

People entitled to claim benefits have “nothing to worry about” from new powers designed to curb multibillion-pound benefit fraud, according to Liz Kendall. The Work and Pensions Secretary ...

The government has introduced a law to Parliament that will crack down on benefit fraud and recover more than £1bn from members of the public who have claimed more ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has warned benefit claimants of the six new steps it is taking in a massive new fraud crackdown. The Public Authorities (Fraud ...

Stoyan Stoyanov, 28, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2024 for his role in a gang that carried out the largest benefit fraud operation ever uncovered in the UK. The Bulgarian nationals ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has provided an update about its ability to tackle benefit fraud. The government department said it will only be able to prosecute 'big' cases because of ...