READ MORE UK households with pension pots urged to make quick check for \u00a313,620<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nThe DWP said redeployment for staff had been a “first priority” and a voluntary redundancy scheme is in place.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, a DWP letter said there was a possibility “at risk” staff could lose their jobs if an alternative role or department was not found.<\/p>\n
The national services leader wrote: “I understand that changes like this can cause upset and uncertainty.<\/p>\n
“Please be assured that I, and the Department, remain committed to supporting all impacted colleagues throughout this time.”<\/p>\n
The move has been criticised by the PCS which said previous denials of redundancy had “prolonged uncertainty and stress”.<\/p>\n
Mr Fisher said: “Colleagues have repeatedly asserted their preference for continued employment over redundancy pay-outs, making clear they want jobs, not compensation.”<\/p>\n
Fran Heathcote, of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), said members were “being cast aside with little remorse” despite “giving decades of dedicated service to the DWP”.<\/p>\n
Bradley Wall, secretary of Lincoln and District Trades Council, said the decision to strike showed “the strength, pride and determination of Lincoln’s workforce”.<\/p>\n
“Closing this office would be a betrayal, not just of the staff but of Lincolnshire itself,” he added.<\/p>\n
The DWP previously said the workers affected did not see customers face to face and the changes were part of a move towards “fewer, larger, more economically viable sites”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Staff could face potential redundancy ahead of a closure, a union has warned. 11:04, 21 Nov 2025Updated 11:00,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,1267,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-590683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-dwp","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115604518141300163","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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DWP sending out letters which are ‘a new low’ even for them<\/p>\n