welfarefraud on Birmingham Dailyhttps://birminghamdaily.co.uk/tags/welfarefraud/Recent content in welfarefraud on Birmingham DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usFri, 05 Jun 2026 05:09:38 +0000DWP Urged to Keep Triple Lock and Focus on Welfare Reformhttps://birminghamdaily.co.uk/dwp-urged-to-keep-triple-lock-and-focus-on-welfare-reform/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:09:38 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/dwp-urged-to-keep-triple-lock-and-focus-on-welfare-reform/The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is under pressure not to scrap the Triple Lock, a policy guaranteeing state pensions rise annually by the highest of inflation, average earnings growth, or 2.5%. Instead, watchdogs and pensioners alike urge a focus on better targeting welfare spending. A pensioner from Birmingham voiced concerns in the Telegraph newspaper, describing the debate around abandoning the Triple Lock as “perverse” when vast welfare resources are being wasted.