Public Accounts Committee says DWP is failing to tackle error and fraud in Housing Benefit claims
Despite years of calls for better management, in 2013-14 overpayments amounted to £1.4 billion and underpayments to £0.4 billion.
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Why the Tories won’t win a majority at the election
The Tories can’t change this country to make it work for the many not the few because they themselves haven’t changed.
Autumn Statement 2014: what you need to know
The key measures from today’s Autumn Statement.
Disabled people wait 118,000 years longer than IDS intended
900,000 disabled people are waiting a combined 118,000 years longer than intended for assessments and decisions on crucial support.
The Tories have overspent by £25 billion on social security
Figures show that the DWP overspend comes despite debilitating cuts to working people and families.
The government is creating more roque landlords
We’ve come to expect it from some, but when even landlords with a social purpose are thinking twice about who they allow as tenants we know a change is needed.
Exclusive: Do the party conference tax announcements stack up?
Spencer Thompson has picked apart the conference announcements of Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems – so which party will benefit whom?
What you need to know about Osborne’s working age benefit freeze
Your cut out and keep guide to today’sannouncement on freezing working age benefits.
This is why the profit motive has no place in our public services
The DWP isn’t just off the rails but careering down the embankment.
David Cameron cannot allow the chaos at the DWP to continue
Today we will urge the government to come clean about the impact of delays, chaos and failing programmes at the Department for Work and Pensions.