Challenging a DWP benefit decision

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If you don’t agree with a decision made by the DWP on your benefit claim, you may want to try and get it changed. The rules for how you do this changed on 28 October 2013. These pages tell you how to challenge a decision on or after this date.

Challenging a benefit or tax credit decision - asking for a mandatory reconsideration

Asking for a reconsideration of a benefit decision including time limits.

You want to change your DWP benefit decision because your circumstances have changed

What to do if your circumstances change and how your DWP benefit decision may be changed.

Common reasons for changing a DWP benefit decision

Revisions and super sessions

Appeals