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Complaints are costing the taxpayer, MPs found
DWP complaints cost £11 million

Costs from complaints to the Department of Work and Pensions are costing taxpayers up to £11 million, a new report has found. With a customer base of 22 million in 2007-08, Jobcentre Plus, The Pension Service and the Disability and Carers Service recorded 70,000 complaints. The report from the National Audit Office (NAO), estimates more… Read more »

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James Purnell unveiling welfare reforms
Welfare shakeup scraps incapacity benefit

Reforms of the welfare system including a replacement of the incapacity benefit and “more responsibility” for claimants have been announced by the government. The welfare green paper had been played up as a revolutionary series of changes before its official announcement by senior ministers. And, announcing the green paper to the Commons this afternoon, work… Read more »