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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to undergo major changes in the coming years, with a speech from Rishi Sunak detailing new plans for the benefits system

The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a raft of changes to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits and Universal Credit system, including a major overhaul of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) system

New powers to be granted to the DWP will include searches, seizures and arrests, as well as civil penalties handed out to more offenders suspected of benefit fraud

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled a stringent new approach to benefit claimants, announcing significant overhauls to the benefits system in a speech at the Centre for Social Justice last week

The Prime Minister has outlined a package of sweeping reforms to put work at the heart of welfare and deliver on his “moral mission” to give everyone who is able to work, the best possible chance of staying in, or returning to work.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech on welfare.

And fifth, we cant allow fraudsters to exploit the natural compassion of the british people. weve already cracked down on thousands of people wrongly claiming universal credit including those not self-reporting earnings or capital and will save the taxpayer 6 million pounds by legislating to access data from third parties like banks. just this month dwp secured guilty verdicts against the bulgarian gang caught making around 6,000 fraudulent claims including by hiding behind a corner shop in nort...