DWP to ditch toughest penalties for Universal Credit and PIP claimants
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will scrap some of the most severe penalties previously planned by the Tories. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall criticised the Tory plan to take away Universal Credit and PIP claimants' benefits if they failed to secure a job after one year.
The new DWP boss laid out her own plans for the benefits system and the extent of sanctions this week in her first speech in the role.
She highlighted to The Sun that the DWP will not leave "people after 12 months without genuine support". She also said she plans to "get Britain working again".
Speaking at an event in Barnsley which coincided with the publication of the Pathways to Work Commission report, she noted that the current system is "both too siloed and too centralised".
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