She admitted guilt to failing to notify a change of circumstances and must now reimburse the £23,662 stolen from taxpayers ...

A new investigation has revealed 2.6 million errors have occurred since 2021, with less than half of the £850million having been recovered ...

Sweeping new DWP powers are set to crack down on benefit fraud, including bank account checks for claimants. Legislation was ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has rejected a call from watchdog MPs to set a “more stretching ambition” for reducing the billions of pounds in benefits overpayments that are made every year.

Unpaid carers say they remain ‘in limbo’ as DWP continues to pursue discredited repayment bills ...

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 ...

A West Sussex woman deceived authorities with false anxiety claims to fraudulently obtain disability payments, only to be ...

She scammed £23,000 from the DWP by claiming she was too ill to go outside.

Exclusive: overpayments because of official failures led to debt and misery for many thousands of people ...

Under a Labour Party government push to trim the welfare bill, the DWP will check three benefits for sign of fraud.

The DWP and Labour Party government have rejected a call for a "more ambitious" fraud and error reduction target.

A disability benefits cheat who claimed she was too scared to leave the house but went on holiday to Mexico has been spared ...