Department for Work and Pensions – Hackney Citizen

Hackney sees 140 per cent rise in Universal Credit claimants in seven months

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 16 November 2020 at 19:31

Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

Nearly 20,000 people joined the system between January and September this year

DWP apology for error in double amputee’s fit to work assessment

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 3 February 2017 at 14:05

Julius Holgate.

Man was told he could go up and down steps despite having had his legs removed just months before and using a wheelchair

New benefits cap will ‘damage life chances of over 3,000 Hackney children’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 1 September 2016 at 15:22

Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action group, Alison Garnham

Borough will be one of the worst affected areas in the UK, according to new government figures

Hackney Job Show and Enterprise Fair: Hackney is hiring

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 August 2016 at 14:39

For those in the employment market asking “why not me?” – the event offers employment and other opportunities aplenty

Scrapping poverty targets will make children ‘invisible’, charity warns

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 December 2015 at 14:22

Department for Work and Pensions plans to stop measuring child hardship in favour of measures tackling ‘root causes’