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Disabilities Minister to be questioned on DWP’s approach to vulnerable claimants
MPs on the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee will question Disabilities Minister Sir Stephen Timms on how the Department for Work and Pensions protects vulnerable people engaged with the benefit system.
7 February 2025
MPs to question health and safety watchdog leadership
The Work and Pensions Committee will question the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) leadership on the watchdog’s work.
31 January 2025
How can £9.7bn annual DWP fraud and error bill be justified?
Top officials from the Department for Work and Pensions will be questioned on its annual accounts on Wednesday.
The cross-party Work and Pensions Committee are likely to grill the Department’s representatives among other things on its historic failure to get fraud and error under control.
27 January 2025
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