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DWP job advisers to be placed in libraries and schools

NEWS 9 March 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Controversial move will see many more DWP advisers in community settings

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-job-advisers-to-be-placed-in-libraries-and-schools

DWP loophole means those finding work still get sanctioned

NEWS 16 December 2015 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
1 comment
MP calls on Iain Duncan Smith to urgently close sanction loophole

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-loophole-means-those-finding-work-still-get-sanctioned

DWP mocked on Twitter for lame attempt to justify poverty

NEWS 26 March 2018 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Government department attempts to justify poverty - and fails

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-mocked-on-twitter-for-lame-attempt-to-justify-poverty

DWP refusing to release secret reviews into claimant deaths

NEWS 22 June 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Campaigners say DWP is breaching the law by delaying release of nine secret reviews

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-refusing-to-release-secret-reviews-into-claimant-deaths

DWP rejects plan to stop sanctioning most vulnerable

NEWS 11 February 2019 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
1 comment
Committee called on DWP to protect some claimants from the severe sanction regime

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-rejects-plan-to-stop-sanctioning-most-vulnerable

DWP reneges on Scots bedroom tax promise

NEWS 9 April 2018 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
3 comments
UK government accused of "cynically" dragging its heels

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-reneges-on-scots-bedroom-tax-promise

DWP’s £22m war chest to fight benefit appeals

NEWS 30 March 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
4 comments
Some 180 more officers to be recruited to defend against appeals

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-set-to-attack-benefits-appeals-system

DWP slammed for “shambolic” Universal Credit roll-out

NEWS 18 January 2017 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
7 comments
MP demands figures on how many people are being put on Universal Credit in error

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-slammed-for-shambolic-universal-credit-roll-out

DWP tells PIP assessors: discriminate against mentally ill

NEWS 15 March 2017 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
1 comment
Fears claimants will find it harder to get full entitlement to Personal Independence Payments

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-tells-pip-assessors-discriminate-against-mentally-ill

Foodbanks to house Jobcentre advisers

NEWS 28 October 2015 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
6 comments
Iain Duncan Smith says he wants Jobcentre advisers placed in foodbanks to help people get jobs

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-to-place-jobcentre-advisers-in-foodbanks

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