Dossier
DWP
Coverage of DWP in the Nexus archive.
- Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms
Scores of unpaid carers were overpaid more than £20,000 in 2025-26, with 32,559 overpayments totaling £33m despite reforms. Hundreds faced prosecution risks due to official failures in the carer’s allowance system.
- DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) pursued a woman's employer for a nonexistent 'benefit debt' despite a court ruling that she had nothing to pay. The woman provides full-time unpaid care for her elderly disabled mother. The DWP demanded her employer deduct the universal credit overpayment 'debt' from her salary.