Pay & finance24 June 202614 reads

DWP Debt Repayment

The DWP has introduced new powers to tackle debt repayment. Individuals who have stopped receiving benefits but still owe money to the DWP may face driving bans. This measure aims to encourage repayment of debts. The new powers are now in effect, allowing the DWP to take stricter action against those who refuse to repay their debts.

What this means if you're looking for Civil Service work

GovJobs is tracking 360 open Civil Service vacancies today, 155 of them added in the past seven days. Across the adverts that publish a salary, the median advertised starting figure is £37,417.

The organisations recruiting most heavily right now are Ministry of Justice (198), UK Research and Innovation (31), Scottish Government (27) and Defence Equipment & Support (21).

Geographically the roles cluster in London (47), South East (41), South West (33), Scotland (32).

Pay announcements take time to reach live adverts: an advert already published normally keeps the figure it was posted with, and the new rate shows up in later postings or is applied on appointment. If pay is the deciding factor, check the advert date as well as the salary, and confirm the current rate with the employer before you accept.

Worth reading first: How to apply for a Civil Service job and Civil Service grades explained.

These figures are counted from the GovJobs index at the time you loaded this page, not from official statistics, and they change daily. They are our own analysis and are not part of the announcement summarised above.

Summarised by GovJobs from GOV.UK, under the Open Government Licence (OGL v3). Drafted with AI from the official source material.

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