Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Reviews

----<D.W.P>---- Life on the dole is depressing, the Beveridge report that gave us the security from being penniless, homeless and outright destitute is also the idle mans/womans bestest friend. ----<The Beveridge Report>---- The guidelines set by Beveridge Report- 1. Proposals for the future ...  Read the complete review

I am a British Muslim. I was born here. I have the exact same feeling and frustrations too. I myself have a family of 6 with 4 kids. I also work in the IT industry. I am also finding it dificult finding work in this sector, but with no such luck.

I am also tired of these so called refugees and asylum seekers strolling in and taking the jobs, and getting everything else for nothing, where as I have had to study, train, and work hard to get what I want. Also not enough housing for people who really need it, but plenty opportunity for other no British residents. I blame everything happening on the government. They have opened to many door.

Well, after just over four weeks on job seekers allowance I was fortunate enough to find myself a job. I sarted on the thursday of last week and was rather busy over the weekend so it was monday before I was able to get in touch with my local job centre to inform of the change in my situation. Conveniently, my numerous attempts to call the ...  Read the complete review

My husband was an IT Contractor until May 2002. His current contract expired and to date he is still unemployed. The IT boom has all but died and even though he is a qualified MSCE professional with skills in Unix and NT, he has had only 2 interviews and now is applying for jobs that are paying half of his previous salary. I am at home ...  Read the complete review

Now I'm not one to moan, ok i am! I'm a singer and a musician, i've got a degree in music performance and i have sang on many of the uk's famous stages such as the london palladuim so when i needed some help with money during a lapse of employment i went on the dole hoping that all the nasty rumours i hear about them are ...  Read the complete review

When i left school at 16 years old, i was already in a job. I was working as a cashier since i was 15 and a half. I left working as a cashier when i was 17 as i hated it so much, so i decided to try the world of administration. I went to a college and did a course - NVQ level 2 in business administration. This involved going to college one day a ...  Read the complete review

It's not often I have a bit of a rant so let's put that right and I'll have one here! I had worked full time and paid full tax and National Insurance all my adult life up until January 2000 when I became ill. For about a month I battled on but at the end of January 2000 and I was signed off work sick by my doctor and ...  Read the complete review

Hmmmm. I'm not a very happy bumble at the moment. The DSS have done it again! I've been on the giro for about five months, and I don't think I've had more than two in a row, all because I work as on-call staff for a drug de-tox unit. Now, I don't work in set hours, every week. It can be a month sometimes where I don't work ...  Read the complete review

Having only spent brief periods of time on the dole over the past 14 years I consider myself lucky, or do I? The first time I got made redundant I was 20 and the company I worked for moved to another area of the country and several of us where laid off as we where unable or unwilling to move. Luckily I found another job almost ...  Read the complete review

Hopefully I will never have to go on the dole again. It was soooo depressing. Here's my story. When I was 17 I moved in with my boyfriend. After I had completed my A Levels I looked for a job but I wasn't yet 18 and didn't have any luck. I got shortlisted for one job but when I told them I had a trip booked to go and see my Dad in ...  Read the complete review

I dont begrudge people married or not claiming Income Support but I DO begrudge people who take advantage of the situation. I myself have been on Income Support and have to admit I hated it because I never had any money and could not treat my son. Yes I was a single parent. Where is the dad in all this? Dead!! So, through no fault ...  Read the complete review

As you might be able to tell from me title, I am unhappy using the DSS, but don't have much choice right now. I am a student and continuing to study an HND in August if I cannot find a full time job I want. When I finished my studies in July, I was told I could sign on until the middle of August until I sort out my student ...  Read the complete review

Rather than being just about the Social Security department, I'm going to share my experiences of the past few months and especially the last few days and weeks. Since I left school I've been in work, be it NVQ training or full time employment. Every job I've had has been in retail and mainly in computers. At the end of four ...  Read the complete review

as i am not too far off retirement age idecided too apply for a retirement forecast. i wrote originally but found the forms far too complex for me to complete to the satisfaction of the agency so i decided to try the online version . ifound the websitevery helpful and to be sure each page was filled in correctly iwas unable too proceed to the next ...  Read the complete review