Esther McVey is spending over £200,000 on a study everyone already knows the answer to
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) secretary Esther McVey has once again proven how out of touch she is. ...
Tag: universal credit
The DWP’s policies are now so hateful, the Scottish government’s been asked to make them instead
The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) policies have become so hateful that MPs have essentially told it to let ...
Labour is considering a radical policy that would turn the DWP on its head
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has revealed that Labour is considering piloting the radical policy of universal basic income (UBI) if ...
The DWP tried to hide its latest humiliation. A court just forced it to go public.
Update: This article was updated at 4.40pm on 1 August to include a statement from the DWP The Department for ...
The DWP has been accused of ‘covering up’ the scale of food bank use
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has repeatedly said it does not hold records of, or research, the number ...
Actor Chris Addison has sent an open letter to Esther McVey, stepping up pressure for her to resign
Chris Addison - comedian, actor, and star of political comedy The Thick of It - has sent a powerful open letter ...
The DWP just revealed the eye-watering millions it paid out to private companies
On Thursday 26 July, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed the amount it paid out in June to ...
The government’s new benefits savings scheme is peak hypocrisy
The government is preparing to roll out a scheme for people on Universal Credit to "save" money. But what it ...
The DWP is forcing loved ones to pay dead relatives’ rent
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is forcing family members to pay weeks of rent for their deceased relatives ...
The DWP boss just gave the most nauseating speech of her career so far
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) boss Esther McVey is a vomit-inducing character; not least for her blanket denials ...
The DWP was just caught red-handed ‘fiddling’ benefit sanctions figures
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been caught out over benefit sanctions. New evidence has uncovered a major ...
Today’s DWP headlines missed a vital piece of the jigsaw. Here it is.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) faced a media onslaught on Wednesday 18 July. A parliamentary committee said it ...
A DWP minister just made the dodgiest of claims about Universal Credit
A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) minister responded to a parliamentary question in the last few hours of the ...
The DWP boss was just obliterated in the most scathing takedown of her conduct yet
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) boss Esther McVey has not had a good month. As another week draws ...
SNP MP Ian Blackford has ripped into the DWP’s ‘austerity agenda’
SNP MP Ian Blackford has launched a scathing attack on the UK government's continued commitment to austerity. "Damaging austerity agenda" ...
The DWP just tried to sell the chaos in Universal Credit as a success
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has just released figures which show Universal Credit is still in chaos - ...
Revealed: the DWP drove through a controversial welfare reform off the back of some very scant evidence
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) just quietly revealed that it had scant evidence to support a controversial change ...
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