Better knowledge of local needs means councils could guarantee more value for money from welfare spending than the Department for Work and Pensions achieves, an authority leader has claimed.
Poor understanding of fraud risks and the failure to set targets to reduce incorrect payments could see the government saddled with unacceptable levels of fraud in the benefits system, the Public...
The Department for Work and Pensions has been slammed by MPs for a lack of control over fraud and overpayments of Universal Credit, which soared to record levels last year.
Universal credit claimants have been asked to prove their identity with several photographs, including one holding their local newspaper, as the Department for Work and Pensions aims to weed out...
Fraud and errors related to payments made by the Department for Work and Pensions have reached record highs and are set to grow due to universal credit.
Outsourcing Department for Work and Pensions health and disability assessments has not been value for money, with the costs of tests increasings by 65% in a new contract, auditors have found.
International evidence has shown that devolution of welfare-to-work schemes to local authorities can improve services – if funding and accountability challenges can be overcome.
Whitehall incentives for local authorities to tackle Housing Benefit fraud and error are weak and being compounded by cuts in funding available to councils to administer it, the Public Accounts...
