I worked for the DWP – now I’m on benefits and need their help to find a job

I worked for the DWP – now I’m on benefits and need their help to find a job

The Government must fix “useless” Jobcentre support or benefit reforms are doomed to fail, a former Department of Work Pensions (DWP) case worker has warned.Labour plans to cut almost £5bn from health-related benefits – Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and the incapacity element of universal credit – in a bid to push more people into work.Ministers also want to redeploy 1,000 Jobcentre work coaches to give “intensive” training to benefit cla…

Labour's benefits cuts aren't working

Despite Liz Kendall’s £4.8 billion worth of welfare cuts, Britain’s benefits bill is set to soar to £117 billion by 2030.