Tag: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

On 15 April 2016, organisations which deliver 'employment-related services' launched the first national 'UK Employability Day'. On this day, they opened their doors to show others ...

When Iain Duncan Smith resigned as Work and Pensions Secretary, he became eligible for a hefty severance package. If he ...

This piece originally appeared on LSE Blogs, and has been republished here with permission to its author, Elizabeth Cotton. The ...

A Labour MP has received formal criticism from a Department of Work and Pensions benefits tribunal for showing too much ...

A newly-wed woman dying of a terminal illness returned home from honeymoon to a sickening 'gift' from the Conservative government. ...

The most severely injured survivor of the 7/7 bombings has slammed the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) after they ...

Iain Duncan Smith has blasted social media critics for attacking the government over the reported link between tougher 'fitness-to-work' tests ...

Shocking stats from England's mental health trusts reveal a sharp rise in sudden deaths and suicides over a two-year period, ...

The House of Lords has continued its recent, counter-intuitive role as the most effective opposition there is to the current ...

It is not news that the way the benefits system sits now needs addressing. The recent story of a woman ...

The bedroom tax, enforced by the coalition government and still in place, has been strongly criticised by education experts. The ...

The Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, Iain Duncan-Smith, has suffered yet another of those humiliating setbacks that, were ...

The War on Welfare (WoW) petition gathered over 104,000 signatures demanding a Cumulative Impact Assessment of austerity on sick and disabled people and ...

The Minister of State for Pensions, Lady Ros Altmann - Iain Duncan-Smith's 'right hand' at the Department of Work & ...

It appears this government is beginning to reap what it sowed, as the UK becomes the world's first country to ...

Iain Duncan Smith, the architect of austerity in the Department of Work and Pensions, has stated that he believes his ...