Over 1,000 DWP staff taken to task for benefits record snooping

Danny Palmer
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FOI request reveals computer misuse at Department for Work and Pensions

More than 1,000 employees at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have been taken to task for looking at sensitive benefits information, raising privacy concerns inside the largest government...

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