The Department for Work and Pensions has extended its household support fund to provide an extra £500 million on the back of the budget. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride has said the grant will ...

Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is being replaced by Universal Credit and in the Budget, it was ...

Thousands of claimants will receive a letter about the managed migration process as they're moved over to Universal Credit.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has responded to a public petition demanding an increase of the £10 Christmas bonus to £165.At the time of writing, more than 20,000 people have signed the ...

The DWP has confirmed that the Christmas bonus will be paid automatically to individuals who receive certain benefits. Here's ...

To qualify for the DWP Christmas Bonus, you need to be present or 'ordinarily resident' within the UK, Channel Islands, Isle ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced an independent review of the issue of overpayments to carers. Carers have been pushed to breaking point due to overpayment of an allowance ...

A DWP employee who has been working in the welfare system for 42 years has shared some key advice for new claims for the ...

In order to help households during the cold weather, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a top-up scheme, called the Cold Weather Payment, to help some people through the tough ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced sweeping changes to NHS funding, cash for transport projects, and £40billion of tax ...

The DWP - which stands for Department for Work and Pensions - is part of the British Government and is responsible for welfare payments, State Pension and the child maintenance service.

During my placement year, I worked as a Student Economist in the Financial Modelling and Analysis division at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). I worked on a variety of projects which ...