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WASPI women compensation update as dozens of MPs call for decision U-turn

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/waspi-women-compensation-government-update-33377609

The "Benefits and Work community” getting the facts from DWP about cost savings from changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Contrary to the narrative that benefit claimants are cheating fraudsters, it seems the majority of savings are by reducing administrative costs, and nothing to do with more accurately checking eligibility. So, not fraud then.

#welfarebenefits #dwp #uk #wca #lcwra #pip #universalcredit

WCA.., over half of welfare savings not from claimants
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/wca-still-going-in-2031,-over-half-of-welfare-savings-not-from-claimants

“Moreover, I am concerned that these attitudes may be more widespread, and indicative of a culture within the department that blames claimants for errors and fails to recognise the needs of vulnerable people.”

This is one of the cards in Digital Benefits and Disbenefits Cornucopia @DBD_Cornucopia See card “Queen of Trust”

#carersallowance #dwp #welfarebenefits #carers #uk #servicedesign #designdiscretion

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/dwp-chief-accused-of-overseeing-culture-of-complacency-that-led-to-carers-allowance-scandal

DWP "Data Strategy 2023 to 2030" published.

"DWP has over 85,000 colleagues, 750 data analysts, and 9,000 dashboard users exploiting and interacting with 1 petabyte of data and 30 million digital events per day."

#dwp #data #servicedesign #digitisation #digital

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-data-strategy-2023-to-2030/dwp-data-strategy-2023-to-2030

WASPI campaign slams DWP for 'disgraceful choice' after compensation announcement

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/waspi-campaign-slams-dwp-disgraceful-33324928

DWP slammed after mum takes her own life when PIP benefits were 'incorrectly' cut

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/dwp-slammed-after-mum-takes-33309899

DWP confirms full list of 57 health conditions that could entitle you to £110 a week

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-confirms-full-list-57-33312168

I know The Canary often takes an extreme view on some things, but they’ve found something genuinely awful here. This seems to confirm that the #DWP are deliberately feeding Benefit fraud stories to the compliant media in order to justify cuts to welfare for the poor & disabled. It was pretty obvious anyway, but this heavily redacted document confirms it.
#Politics #Disability #SocialSecurity
DWP has a secret team planting benefit fraud propaganda in MSM https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/01/26/dwp-benefit-fraud-propaganda/

DWP urged to tackle pensions policy as figures show huge £56k gender gap

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-urged-tackle-pensions-policy-33287404

DWP responds to WASPI demand over compensation court ruling

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-responds-waspi-demand-over-33276638

DWP eligibility for extra £331 a month explained for people on disability benefits

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/dwp-eligibility-extra-331-month-33268766

DWP issues major benefits update as it closes welfare 'loophole'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-issues-major-benefits-update-33268954

DWP confirms deadline as £300 Winter Fuel Payments set to end next week

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-confirms-deadline-300-winter-33262237

A Commons spending watchdog has warned the 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, that Disability benefit claimants are often waiting for more than a year for their claims to be processed as the Department for Work and Pensions (#DWP) routinely misses its targets!