DWP staff have criticised what they call a "new low" (Image: andresr via Getty Images)

Employees at the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) have criticised what they call a "new low" from the benefits and welfare department. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union has warned that DWP Jobcentre staff could face potential redundancy ahead of a closure.

The PCS Union has stated that over 80 jobs are in jeopardy at the Lincoln City Hall site, and its members will go on strike from 1 December until 2 January. Ian Fisher, the union branch chair, commented: "To announce redundancies only after the escalation of industrial action is a new low for the DWP, who have failed to have any empathy throughout this whole process."

The DWP has responded by saying that redeployment for s

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