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Extending DWP operating hours

shawn mach
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From the PCS union -

The DWP has today given staff notice of its intention to extend DWP’s operating hours to 8.00pm from August 2018 ...

More: https://www.pcs.org.uk/department-for-work-and-pensions/news/extending-dwp-operating-hours

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shawn - 06 February 2018 12:41 PM

From the PCS union -

The DWP has today given staff notice of its intention to extend DWP’s operating hours to 8.00pm from August 2018 ...

More: https://www.pcs.org.uk/department-for-work-and-pensions/news/extending-dwp-operating-hours

Oh, that’ll be for all those people working thanks to Universal Credit :)

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Does it mean a wait of less than 20 mins to speak to someone on the phone?

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Benny Fitzpatrick - 07 February 2018 11:00 AM

Does it mean a wait of less than 20 mins to speak to someone on the phone?

Don’t be silly. It’s 40 surely?

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Start date for extended opening hours has been put back to 10 September at the earliest…

https://www.pcs.org.uk/department-for-work-and-pensions/news/employee-deal-–-extending-opening-hours-delayed

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