The DWP is sending debt recovery letters this week to former benefit claimants, as new enforcement powers come into force ...

The DWP has started writing to thousands of people with outstanding benefit debts warning them to arrange repayments or face ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government was awarded 'significant' powers to recoup lost benefits funds. (milicad via Getty Images) The government must ...

People with unpaid benefit debts could face court-approved driving bans and direct bank deductions under the DWP's new debt ...

The Labour Government faces accusations of effectively "decriminalising" benefit fraud following a dramatic collapse in ...

Millions of pension savers could gain additional safeguards under a new Government clampdown. The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) has announced plans to strengthen regulations surrounding ...

The DWP can now recover outstanding debts directly from individuals’ bank accounts without the need for a court order and ...

The government is ramping up efforts to drive down benefit fraud after the passing of a law that allows money owed to be taken directly from fraudsters' bank accounts. In December last year, the ...

The DWP has been handed new powers from today to issue driving bans.

New laws will allow the DWP to request financial information from banks to check benefit claims, with limits on what can be shared and how the powers are used.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced new measures to recover benefit debts from claimants. This could include people being banned from driving and direct deductions from their bank ...