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DWP's benefits system 'riddled with perverse incentives' as workless households coin £46,000

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DWP's benefits system 'riddled with perverse incentives' as workless households coin £46,000
Families claiming the full range of state benefits could receive £18,000 more per year than households earning the national living wage, according to research published by the Centre for Social Justic...
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February 19, 2026 at 8:05 AM
wales-news.bsky.social
DWP's full list of Wales postcodes that have triggered £25 Cold Weather Payments
#Wales #Cymru #YourMoney #DepartmentforWorkandPensions #Benefits
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dwps-full-list-wales-postcodes-33443907
DWP's full list of Wales postcodes that have triggered £25 Cold Weather Payments
This winter 55 postcodes in Wales triggered the benefit
www.walesonline.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
wondermutt.bsky.social
GPs refuse to treat many chronic conditions. My meds will forever come out of their budget so my GP systematically refuses me cheap antihistamines that keep me from being disabled. If ever I can’t afford private, I will go from a taxpayer to a benefits receiver and that’s DWP’s problem; not theirs.
February 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
jenniewren.bsky.social
The #DWP’s training on how to assess severe conditions criteria (SCC) states that the conditions need to be ‘constant’. So if you can’t walk now but might have a hypothetical cure in the future, they will cut your benefits to starve you into work. Reminder, this is a #Labour government
The Act made two changes to the SCC. The first is the introduction of the requirement that a limited capability for work-related activity descriptor “constantly applies to the claimant”, which potentially makes it harder for claimants with variable conditions to qualify. The second change entirely altered the purpose of the SCC. Because from April, new claimants who meet the SCC will get the full rate of the UC health element, but the vast majority of new claimants – who will not meet the SCC – will get only half as much: £217.26 per month, as opposed to £429.80. And this is what makes the new rules so incredibly harsh. Because, as you will see from the case studies below, the 56 year old claimant with osteoarthritis has been in pain for many years, cannot walk outdoors and has his wrists in splints. But, he may have a third hip operation at some unspecified time in the future. For this reason, his condition is not deemed to be lifelong and therefore, he can only have the reduced rate of the health element. This lower rate is paid to prevent him opting for a life on benefits, when he should be trying to move back towards work. … There might have been some small justification for deciding that it would be reasonable to reassess these claimants at some future date. But to use the SCC to cut their benefits on the grounds that their health might possibly improve one day, and in the meantime poverty will encourage them to become work ready, is deeply shameful. It is, nonetheless, what will be happening to new claimants from April of this year.
February 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
britainsnews.bsky.social
State Pensioners Risk Payment Cuts Due to DWP's 28-Day Rule
State Pensioners Risk Payment Cuts Due to DWP's 28-Day Rule
# State Pensioners Face Payment Losses Under 28-Day Rule. ## Department for Work and Pensions Enforces Controversial Restrictions.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:16 PM
rickburgess.bsky.social
DWP’s bank snooping powers risk targeting pensioners, MPs warn www.telegraph.co.uk/money/bankin...

Note this was always the intention. And eventually everyone.

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February 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
murtoz.bsky.social
It is incredibly hard to get benefits when you have ME. The DWP's internal guide on ME is still full of psychologising bullshit.

So we're very ill. Very poor. And the government is still blaming US for the situation.

Labour is a party of eugenics and genocide.

Fuck. Labour.
A doctor involved in PACE trial has influenced a DWP work programme targeting ME/CFS and long Covid
The DWP WorkWell scheme is neck deep in a controversial model for disability used to psychologise people with ME/CFS and long Covid
www.thecanary.co
February 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
financialworld.bsky.social
DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’

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DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’
The Department should report annually how often it has used the powers given to it and with what impact, the Public Accounts Committee urged.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:11 AM
a51fr3d.bsky.social
DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’ https://www.independent.co.uk/money/dwp-department-for-work-and-pensions-public-accounts-committee-geoffrey-cliftonbrown-more-b2917892.html
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’

The Department should report annually how often it has used the powers given to it and with what impact, the Public Accounts Committee urged.
DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’
The Department should report annually how often it has used the powers given to it and with what impact, the Public Accounts Committee urged.
www.independent.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’

The Department should report annually how often it has used the powers given to it and with what impact, the Public Accounts Committee urged.

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DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’
The Department should report annually how often it has used the powers given to it and with what impact, the Public Accounts Committee urged.
www.independent.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’

The Department should report annually how often it has used the powers given to it and with what impact, the Public Accounts Committee urged.

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DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’
The Department should report annually how often it has used the powers given to it and with what impact, the Public Accounts Committee urged.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Response to DWP's apprenticeship announcement | Sutton Trust
Sutton Trust response to DWP's apprenticeship announcement - The Sutton Trust
Responding to the Government's announcement during National Apprenticeship Week 2026.
www.suttontrust.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Another day, another media shill having a go at disabled people and doing the DWP's job of having a go at those with mental health issues

By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Bigot Julie Burchill is doing the DWP's job on mental health
Another day, another media shill having a go at disabled people and doing the DWP's job of having a go at those with mental health issues
www.thecanary.co
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
aquariously.bsky.social
A week ago the Work & Pensions Committee wrote a damning letter to Sir Peter Schofield saying:

"It is difficult to have confidence in your commitment to rectify DWP’s mistakes"

Today he announced he will be leaving his post as DWP Permanent Secretary in July

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February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
irksomelib.bsky.social
Now thankfully neither (the DWP's extremely dumb idea, or mass job losses to AI) are likely to come to pass. Does tell us how unbelievably useless the DWP is though.
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
civilserviceworld.bsky.social
Committee chair Debbie Abrahams said “a culture of complacency is most apparent in DWP’s response to its mistakes”
www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Culture change at DWP too slow, committee chair warns
Work and Pensions Committee chair says there is a 'culture of complacency' at the department
www.civilserviceworld.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
agvbergin.net
Final note from me on the tech-angle of DWP's issues with dealing with the backlog.
3.15 In addition, DWP’s Access to Work data systems hamper productivity – they are inefficient for case managers to use and do not provide them with an integrated view of all the information that DWP holds on customers. For example, DWP uses one system for customers to submit online applications and a separate system for case managers to process cases. We saw during our site visit that case managers have to transfer information manually from one system to the other and that they maintain management information on the full customer journey on separate spreadsheets. Case managers use a different system to find out information about customers, including details of other support they may be receiving from DWP. DWP also has a separate system it introduced in 2023 – a digital portal – for customers to submit claims for reimbursement online rather than using paper claim forms.
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
agvbergin.net
I am worried too that we have a situation too where DWP believe costs currently carried by AtW should be coming from other sources, particularly employers making reasonable adjustments ...
Reasonable adjustments 1.15 In its 2024 employer survey, DWP found that 80% of employers were taking action to support disabled staff and staff with long-term health conditions, most commonly by offering workplace adjustments.5 DWP believes, however, that employers are not always meeting their legal responsibilities to provide reasonable adjustments, and that Access to Work funding may be filling the gaps, rather than going above and beyond. 1.16 DWP has identified that its award decisions may not have consistently taken account of reasonable adjustments made by employers. In 2025, it found that, of a sample of 40 employed customer cases, only four included a record to indicate that discussions about reasonable adjustments had taken place with employers. Also in 2025, DWP commissioned a consultant to examine the operation of Access to Work and options for the future. This work included reviewing 200 cases with DWP’s case managers. It found that some 40% of support funded by the scheme should have been provided by the employer, the employee or the NHS, and that employers had failed to make reasonable adjustments in 18% of cases reviewed.
February 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
agvbergin.net
Key points:

(1) Despite that AtW costs increase with increasing demand, AtW comes out of (what I hope I'm interpreting correctly as) the budget for DWP's running costs.

(2) NAO says "no business case or underpinning legislation to provide a reference point for assessing value for money".
February 6, 2026 at 9:48 AM
agvbergin.net
This is clarifying on DWP's own thinking (and the basis for that thinking and resulting decisions) with the many current problems with Access to Work.
nao.org.uk National Audit Office @nao.org.uk · 13d
Access to Work helps people with disabilities or health conditions get or stay in work.

But the average time DWP takes to process applications has increased, reaching 109 days in November 2025, affecting job security and employers’ cashflow.

Read: nao.org.uk/reports/the-...
The Access to Work scheme - NAO report
The NAO has investigated DWP’s operation of the Access to Work scheme to help inform public debate on its future.
nao.org.uk
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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The DWP’s 2023-2030 Data Strategy aims to modernise systems, slash costs by 20%, promote data sharing and embed a data culture...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM
anexium.bsky.social
I've got a couple of friends who've worked for the DWP at different times. They've both said that the DWP's own figure show they lose more money to their own waste and incompetence than to fraud.
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
bigissue.com
Cuts to the DWP's Access to Work support could force a visually impaired clinical psychologist out of her NHS role.
Blind psychologist fears losing job after DWP slashed her Access to Work support
www.bigissue.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 AM
ljhenshall.bsky.social
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation warned last week that, without further action, 4.2 million children will still be growing up in poverty by 2029 despite the end of the two-child benefit limit
The move will increase the benefits for 560,000 families by an average of £5,310, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) fiscal outlook. The government estimates that the change will reduce the number of children living in poverty by 550,000 by 2030. 12 hours ago https://www.independent.co.uk 50000 families to gain nothing after two child benefit cap, DWP's own analysis reveals
February 3, 2026 at 6:21 AM