The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has the power to impose a fine on benefit claimants, including those receiving Universal Credit ...

It was reported earlier this week that ministers were considering freezing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) payments for a ...

Under a proposed law, officials would be able to request court approval to enter premises and take possession of items ...

As individuals tighten their belts due to increased benefit scrutiny, HMRC will soon have the authority to inspect millions of UK bank accounts and potentially confiscate funds.

The Department of Work and Pensions has been urged to make clear who will be targeted by the government's new anti-fraud powers ...

The UK inspired T-shirt says that good guys go to heaven and bad ones to Pattaya. There has been a recent spate of juicy ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has been urged to stop forcing people to pay back benefits which were overpaid due to ...

Back account checks could help to see if claimants have breached capital income rules or if they have been abroad for longer ...

Public Authorities Bill is going through the House of Commons and MPs are debating how it will work and any amendments that ...

The legal charity has helped several claimants win back thousands from the DWP in unfair overpayment cases. Alongside 30 other leading charities, it has now written to work and pensions secretary Liz ...

Under Labour’s new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill the DWP could be given extensive powers to cut down on benefit fraud.

Anti-fraud officials have said they hope to "extensively" use new powers coming in which will enable to investigators to request bank statements and even directly take money from a person's bank ...