A new law gives authorities sweeping new powers to detect and crack down on benefit fraud - but what penalties do offenders ...

The government is scrutinising overpayments of Pension Credit as part of a wider benefits crackdown intended to save £14.6bn ...

DWP Minister Andrew Western confirmed the campaign, which is scheduled to begin at the end of January, will focus on three ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed a new initiative to combat Universal Credit fraud will launch at the ...

The government now has the power to access suspected benefit fraudsters’ bank accounts and strip them of their driving licences under a new law. The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error, and Recovery) Act ...

While the Department for Work and Pensions won’t have direct access, new powers allow it to require banks to share limited information ...

Rachel Reeves has announced a fresh crackdown on those fraudulently claiming universal credit in her autumn budget. The chancellor aims to bring in an extra £1.2bn in savings by identifying incorrect ...

This comes after new legislation was recently brought in with a raft of new powers for the DWP to clamp down on fraud and ...

The DWP has explained how it uses bank account information to check the eligibility of those on benefits. The department has ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a new campaign to tackle Universal Credit fraud will begin at the ...

The new powers will mainly be looking for undeclared savings that are too high for people to be entitled to benefits, as well ...

A warning is being issued to benefit claimants over the consequences of not reporting changes of circumstances to the DWP ...