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13 June, 2023

Scottish Government estimates that its policies will lead to 90,000 fewer children living in poverty in 2023/2024

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12 June, 2023

Court of Appeal upholds ruling that DWP acted unlawfully by failing to seek representations from claimants before applying third party deductions for utility debts

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12 June, 2023

DWP announces expansion of its on-the-job ‘place and train’ approach to employment support for people with disabilities and long-term sickness

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12 June, 2023

Extension of deadline for payment of voluntary national insurance contributions to increase new state pension entitlement

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12 June, 2023

DWP to launch an ‘Invitation to Claim’ initiative this summer to encourage take-up of pension credit

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12 June, 2023

More than 60 per cent of social security and child support appeals cleared at a hearing in 2022/2023 were decided in favour of the claimant

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9 June, 2023

Tribunal’s failure to distinguish between evidence of learning difficulties and learning disability amounted to error of law

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9 June, 2023

Learning and Work Institute and Carers Trust call for entitlement to carer’s allowance to be extended to young adult carers in full-time education

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9 June, 2023

More than £80 million in council tax debt was registered against universal credit households in year ending February 2023

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8 June, 2023

DWP publishes first set of quarterly universal credit WCA statistics following criticism from both the Work and Pensions Committee and Office for Statistics Regulation for having failed to do so

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8 June, 2023

Less than a fifth of the almost half a million people who have started on the Restart scheme have achieved sustained employment of six months or more

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8 June, 2023

DWP issues guidance on changes to Sure Start maternity grant entitlement conditions from June 2023

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Scottish Government estimates that its policies will lead to 90,000 fewer children living in poverty in 2023/2024

Court of Appeal upholds ruling that DWP acted unlawfully by failing to seek representations from claimants before applying third party deductions for utility debts

DWP announces expansion of its on-the-job ‘place and train’ approach to employment support for people with disabilities and long-term sickness

Extension of deadline for payment of voluntary national insurance contributions to increase new state pension entitlement

DWP to launch an ‘Invitation to Claim’ initiative this summer to encourage take-up of pension credit

More than 60 per cent of social security and child support appeals cleared at a hearing in 2022/2023 were decided in favour of the claimant

DLUHC confirms allocation of £150 million to support those on the Homes for Ukraine scheme and others to move into sustainable accommodation and prevent risk of homelessness

Prescribed form to be used where a site owner proposes to review the pitch fee on a mobile home site in England

Scottish Government launches four-year improvement plan for self-directed support in Scotland

Tribunal’s failure to distinguish between evidence of learning difficulties and learning disability amounted to error of law

Court of Appeal rules that ET’s refusal of claimant’s request to reconsider strike out judgment, caused solely by her representative’s negligence, showed ‘legal perversity’

High Court rules that council acted unlawfully in its assessment of a homeless family’s needs and the suitability of temporary and out of area accommodation

Learning and Work Institute and Carers Trust call for entitlement to carer’s allowance to be extended to young adult carers in full-time education

More than £80 million in council tax debt was registered against universal credit households in year ending February 2023

DWP publishes first set of quarterly universal credit WCA statistics following criticism from both the Work and Pensions Committee and Office for Statistics Regulation for having failed to do so

Fabian Society sets out roadmap for creation of a National Care Service to help transform care and support in England

APPG launches inquiry to explore the impact of caring on the life opportunities of young people

Less than a fifth of the almost half a million people who have started on the Restart scheme have achieved sustained employment of six months or more

DWP issues guidance on changes to Sure Start maternity grant entitlement conditions from June 2023