MPs criticise behaviour of senior DWP officials over carer’s allowance scandal

Top DWP civil servant accused of giving out ‘a lot of blancmange’ over department’s response during hearingMP’s have criticised the “absolutely unacceptable behaviour” of senior welfare officials over the carer’s allowance scandal in which hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers were unfairly landed with huge debts.Sir Peter Schofield, the permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, came under fire on Wednesday from a select committee, which accused him of giving out “a lot of blancmange” over the DWP’s response to the scandal. Continue reading...