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DWP official social media accounts

A list of official Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) social media accounts.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 2 June 2014
• Last updated: 19 January 2024 — See all updates

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Published 2 June 2014
Last updated 19 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 19 January 2024

   Updated the South East twitter account links. Removed @JCPinSurrey and @JCPinSussex and added @JCPinSurreySussex.

2. 11 December 2023

   Added Facebook accounts for Jobcentres

3. 20 September 2023

   Removed Twitter account '@JCPinCambs'. No longer in use.

4. 21 March 2023

   Replaced @JCPinEastLondon, @JCPinNthLondon, @JCPinSthLondon, @JCPinWestLondon, @JCPinAirports with @JCPinLondon and removed the Other official accounts section.

5. 9 January 2023

   Jobcentre Plus Twitter accounts for Scotland have merged into a new account - @JCPinScotland

6. 5 October 2022

   The @dwppressoffice and @DWP Twitter accounts have been replaced by a single @DWPgovuk Twitter account.

7. 21 September 2022

   Deleted JCPinNorfolk and JCPinSuffolk, and added @JCPInEastAnglia. Deleted JCPinStaffs and JCPinDerby, and added @JCPInStaffDerby. Deleted JCPinNotts and JCPinLincs, and added @JCPInLincsNotts. Also, deleted @jcpinheathrow as the account is no longer used.

8. 8 September 2021

   Removed Twitter accounts for JCPinBeds, JCPinBucks and JCPinOxford as these accounts are now closed.

9. 4 August 2021

   Removed Twitter accounts @JCPinBerkshire and @JCPinHerts. Added Twitter accounts @JCPBedsandHerts and @JCPThamesValley.

10. 9 July 2021

    Removed @DWPOverseas Twitter account because it has closed.

11. 2 February 2021

    The JCP in South Wales Facebook page has now closed.

12. 28 January 2021

    Removed '@ODIgovuk' Twitter account as it has now closed.

13. 30 November 2020

    The DWP Benefits Information Facebook page has closed. The Twitter accounts for JCPinBath and JCPinBristol have been replaced by a single account JCPinBRS_Bath.

14. 2 October 2020

    The JCP in Essex and JCP in Kent Facebook accounts have closed.

15. 24 July 2020

    Removed @DWPondisability Twitter account because it has closed. Added DWP British Sign Language videos YouTube channel.

16. 22 November 2019

    Removed Twitter account for @JCPinEastScot. Added Twitter account for @JCPinSWScot.

17. 1 November 2019

    Added DWP Instagram and DWP Digital LinkedIn accounts to the page.

18. 18 October 2019

    Added @JCPinTheBC as a new Twitter account for the Black Country in central England.

19. 17 September 2019

    Added DWP Benefits Information Facebook page and updated the list of twitter accounts for south west England.

20. 29 July 2019

    Added links to JCP in Essex and JCP in Kent Facebook accounts.

21. 16 July 2019

    Replaced Twitter accounts for East Sussex and West Sussex with a single account for Sussex.

22. 11 June 2019

    Removed the following twitter details and accounts - DWP child maintenance and the @cmoptions account, JCPinSchoolsNE from North East England, @JCPinMK, JCPinReading from South East England, and JCPinBrighton from Surrey and Sussex. Added @JCPinDerby to Central England.

23. 20 December 2018

    Added DWP official YouTube and LinkedIn accounts.

24. 31 October 2018

    Added new headings listing accounts for Facebook, Official DWP Twitter, DWP Digital, DWP pensions, south west, south east and Hertfordshire and Kent.

25. 17 September 2018

    Updated the title of the Find a job service Twitter account from @UJHelp to @findajobsupport.

26. 3 August 2018

    Removed JCP Twitter account @JCPinMidWales and added @JCPinNEMidWales. Changed @JCPinStafford to @JCPinStaffs.

27. 2 July 2018

    Changed under DWP employer services @KHUBDWP to @JCPJobsPlusMore. Changed under Scotland @JCPinNEScotland to @JCPinNorthScot, @JCPinEdinburgh to @JCPinLothBorder and added @DWPScotPartners.

28. 25 May 2018

    Updated some Jobcentre Plus regional groupings.

29. 8 May 2018

    Removed some accounts, added others and updated some Jobcentre Plus regional groupings.

30. 12 February 2018

    Added links to Jobcentre Plus Twitter accounts in north west England, central England, London and the home counties and Scotland.

31. 24 August 2017

    Added @JCPinGloucester and @JCPinEastSussex to the list of official Jobcentre Plus accounts.

32. 18 August 2017

    Added official jobcentre accounts for north-east England, north-west England, southern England and Wales.

33. 15 May 2017

    Changed @digitalDWPJobs to @DWPDigitalJobs

34. 3 April 2017

    Added @ODIgovuk and @DWPOverseas.

35. 25 October 2016

    Removed @DWPESFEngland, @DWPTechnology, @EURES_DWP, @MinisterDisPpl, @ODIgovuk and @TellUsOnce.

36. 10 October 2016

    Changed @DigitalDWP to @DWPDigital and removed @BTGSocialMedia.

37. 14 June 2016

    Published a note about Jobcentre Plus and other local Twitter accounts.

38. 13 June 2016

    Added 2 corporate entries – @carersDWP and @UJhelp

39. 9 February 2016

    Removed @AgeActAlliance.

40. 5 February 2016

    Added @AgeActAlliance.

41. 15 December 2015

    Added @ClaimPensionDWP and removed @Sheffield4Jobs.

42. 3 December 2015

    Added @SortSeparation (DWP child maintenance - section 3) and @BSDSouthernRM (Jobcentre Plus – southern England - section 10).

43. 2 December 2015

    Added (NW) – @JCPinCheshire, @JCPinManchester and @JCPinMerseyside and removed inactive accounts.

44. 11 November 2015

    Inactive accounts removed from list and new accounts added.

45. 21 August 2015

    Published updated list.

46. 31 July 2015

    Inactive accounts removed from list and new accounts added.

47. 24 July 2015

    Published updated list of DWP registered Twitter accounts.

48. 5 June 2014

    Updated list of accounts (added ESF England to Corporate list).

49. 2 June 2014

    First published.