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DWP Ends Income Support and Income-Based JSA as Universal Credit Rollout Reaches Final Phase

The change makes timely Universal Credit claims essential to keep support.

Newsom’s Texas–Florida ‘High-Tax’ Claim Pits Regressivity Against Overall Burden

DWP Data: Mental Health Dominates ‘Too Sick to Work’ Claims as UC Health Caseload Reaches 3.5 Million

DWP’s Universal Credit Review Saves £1 Billion as New Study Warns of Harm to Claimants

FOI Data Show £15bn in Benefits Paid to Migrant Households Over 18 Months

DWP Powers to Check Claimants’ Bank Accounts Enter Final Consultation Stage

Ratcliffe Apologizes for 'Colonized by Immigrants' Remark as Protests Mount

DWP Confirms Income Data Sharing, Explores Wider Access for Mayoral Authorities

Starmer Puts Welfare Legislation on Hold Until Next Year

Coroner Says DWP PIP Error and Letter Contributed to Woman's Death, Response Due by March 19

DWP Opens Consultation to Bar Universal Credit for Hospital-Detained Offenders

MPs Warn DWP’s PIP Delays Are Driving Disabled Claimants Into Poverty

DWP Confirms April 2026 Cut to Universal Credit Health Element for New Claimants

DWP Says Terminally Ill May Have to Repay Overpaid Benefits, Including After Official Errors

DWP to Lift Face-to-Face PIP and WCA Assessments to 30% From April 2026

Backlash Intensifies Over DWP’s ‘Misleading’ Response to Carer’s Allowance Scandal

DWP Warns Pensioners Not to Pay for Attendance Allowance Help, Points to Free Advice

UK to Scrap Income Support and JSA by April 2026 as DWP Accelerates Universal Credit Migration

Anti-Fraud Law Clears Royal Assent, Expanding DWP Bank-Data Powers

DWP Sets Out New Fraud Powers: Bank Checks, Family Information Notices and Direct Deductions