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DWP Universal Credit warning as staff given power to arrest claimants

Department for Work and Pensions staff may be given sweeping new powers to arrest claimants and issue fines — as well as have easier access to their bank details

Glasgow Live

New DWP plan to tackle benefit fraud to focus on these five areas of Universal Credit claims

A new 2,000-strong team will review more than 2m existing Universal Credit claims over the next five years.

Daily Record

‘We’ve had our humanity ripped away’: meet Jeshi, the rapper raging at the cost of living crisis

The east London MC was carrying a knife at 11 but is now about to release an era-defining album. The trouble is that it’s the Tories’ austerity era – something he’d rather see the back of

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DWP outlines nine ways to get more cash amid cost of living crisis

It comes as millions of people are hit hard by the cost of living crisis

Liverpool Echo

Mums-to-be can claim a £500 maternity grant from the government

Pregnant women can claim the Sure Start Maternity Grant - but there are certain rules

Liverpool Echo

How expectant mums can claim one-off £500 from the government

The Sure Start Maternity Grant is a one-off payment that you don't have to pay back, but does come with specific rules

Chronicle Live

DWP given powers to arrest benefits claimants in draconian new measures

SPECIALIST benefits office staff will be given the power to make arrests as part of a new push to crack down on welfare fraud.

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The £500 grant available to pregnant women

There are some terms and conditions to get the Sure Start cash

Wales Online

Charity calls for immediate increase in child element of Universal Credit to help families with rising costs

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said parents are skipping meals to ensure their children can eat.

Daily Record

DWP stops soaring numbers of Brits' Universal Credit as Jobcentres reopen after Covid

DWP data shows 38,244 benefit sanctions were imposed on Universal Credit(UC) claimants in January this year - the highest for at least three years and numbers are climbing fast

Daily Mirror

DWP staff can now arrest claimants in Universal Credit fraud crackdown

Two million claimants are set to have their cases dredged up and face fines

Liverpool Echo

DWP officers to be given power to make arrests and execute warrants in Universal Credit benefit fraud crackdown

The 'Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System' plan outlines how 2,000 trained specialists will review more than two million Universal Credit claims.

Daily Record

UK households could get £600 warm home discount under government plans

The government are trying to tackle the cost of living crisis

Nottingham Post

New £600m plan to tackle benefit fraud to be introduced

Two thousand trained specialists will review two million Universal Credit claims in the next five years

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Daily Mirror

DWP staff get power to arrest Brits in hardline Universal Credit fraud crackdown

Tory DWP chief Therese Coffey will announce sweeping laws to mass-request bank account data and slap people with fines even if they're not convicted of a crime. But work on the law won't start for at least a year

The Independent UK

‘A complete waste of time’: Ken Clarke attacks Sunak for failing to help poor hit by cost of living crisis

‘Cut out all the tax cutting’, ex-Tory chancellor says – calling for universal credit hikes instead

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says government can’t stop inflation as clamour grows to help poorest

Chancellor offers tax breaks to business, but shuns calls for new help for families

The Independent UK

Senior Tory MP calls for ‘summer package to rescue the most vulnerable’

Sir Bernard Jenkin suggested the £20 uplift in Universal Credit ‘should immediately be restored’.

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Daily Record

DWP says 1.4m legacy benefit claimants will be better off by £220 each month on Universal Credit

Some 300,000 will see no change in entitlement, but around 900,000 could be worse off.

Daily Record

New Universal Credit identity verification process for people making a new claim to DWP

Nearly 5.6m people across the UK are receiving support through Universal Credit.

Nottingham Post

DWP outlines 10 ways people can boost their finances if they are struggling

One expert suggests about £15 billion of benefits remain unclaimed each year

Daily Mirror

Town is first to declare UK cost of living EMERGENCY as foodbank use surges

Eastbourne Foodbank has this year distributed more parcels per head than any other as the cost of living crisis deepens, prompting them to issue an emergency declaration, the Trussell Trust network says

Daily Mirror

Children getting food poisoning as parents turn off fridges to save amid soaring bills

One food bank said other appliances were also being turned off by families as the cost of living crisis deepens - with reports of chilling going to school in unwashed clothes as parents avoid using washing machines

Daily Record

DWP releases new guidance which could help more people access loans worth up to £812 within 14 days

A Budgeting Loan is only available to people receiving certain benefits.

Daily Mirror

Tories vote down gas giants windfall tax that could hand your family £600

Chancellor Rishi Sunak hinted the government could perform a U-turn in future, however, as he said “no option is off the table”

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