16 families get pounds 2.4m in benefits; HOUSING.BENEFITS of pounds 2.4million a year are being paid to house just 16 families, the Government revealed yesterday. One household has been claiming pounds 2,875 a week rent. The 16 families are in expensive London properties with at least six bedrooms, the Department for Work and Pensions The Department for Work and Pensions (or DWP) (Welsh: Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau) is the largest government department in the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001, from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and report showed. DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection Secretary James Purnell announced a cap on the Local Housing Allowance to start in the spring. He said: "A handful of people are in houses most working families could only dream about." Meanwhile, housing minister Margaret Beckett Margaret Mary Beckett (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943) is a British Labour politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South. She served in government under Tony Blair, in the office of Foreign Secretary. yesterday said council tenants would continue to have homes for life. She said there was "not the slightest intention" of acting on a recommendation to end tenants' long-term security. |
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