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28 October, 2020 Open access

Further social security measures needed as part of Scottish Government’s actions to repair household finances ahead of COVID winter

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28 October, 2020 Open access

Work and Pensions Committee seeks urgent update on DWP’s plans for the suspended minimum income floor in universal credit

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28 October, 2020

Secretary of State issues Directions to authorise electronic claims for bereavement support payment

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28 October, 2020

Notification of requirement to attend interview may be given orally / methods of communication set out in regulation 23 of Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 are illustrative and not exhaustive

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27 October, 2020

DWP’s current approach to employment support is ‘disruptive, demeaning and disempowering’ and it should no longer have responsibility for providing it

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27 October, 2020

Claimant entitled to assume decision made on benefit award would be communicated to other relevant benefit offices / Department for Communities could not rely on House of Lords’ judgment in Hinchy

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27 October, 2020 Open access

Crisis grant applications to Scottish Welfare Fund increased by 46 per cent at start of COVID-19 pandemic

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26 October, 2020

High Court rules that treatment of maternity allowance as unearned income for the purposes of universal credit is not unlawful

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26 October, 2020 Open access

Social security support for children needs ‘urgent uplift’ in order to limit damage of COVID-19 pandemic, say IPPR and TUC

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26 October, 2020 Open access

Welsh Government announces extra £5 million funding for Discretionary Assistance Fund

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26 October, 2020

Scottish Government sets out the next steps it will take in designing a ‘markedly different’ disability benefits system

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26 October, 2020 Open access

London boroughs report a 219 per cent increase in demand for local welfare assistance as a result of COVID-19

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26 October, 2020

Reallocation of calendar monthly payment of earnings to a different universal credit assessment period in Northern Ireland

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26 October, 2020

Social security provisions for prisoners on temporary release due to the coronavirus outbreak in Northern Ireland

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23 October, 2020

DWP looking to get bulk access to claimants' bank accounts to help it combat benefit fraud

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Further social security measures needed as part of Scottish Government’s actions to repair household finances ahead of COVID winter

Work and Pensions Committee seeks urgent update on DWP’s plans for the suspended minimum income floor in universal credit

Secretary of State issues Directions to authorise electronic claims for bereavement support payment

Notification of requirement to attend interview may be given orally / methods of communication set out in regulation 23 of Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 are illustrative and not exhaustive

Court of Appeal rules that Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames is a re-seller for purposes of Water Resale Orders, with result that it has unlawfully overcharged tenants for water

DWP’s current approach to employment support is ‘disruptive, demeaning and disempowering’ and it should no longer have responsibility for providing it

Claimant entitled to assume decision made on benefit award would be communicated to other relevant benefit offices / Department for Communities could not rely on House of Lords’ judgment in Hinchy

Urgent reform of employment law needed to prevent insecurity, in-work poverty and exploitation arising from coronavirus pandemic

Crisis grant applications to Scottish Welfare Fund increased by 46 per cent at start of COVID-19 pandemic

High Court rules that treatment of maternity allowance as unearned income for the purposes of universal credit is not unlawful

Social security support for children needs ‘urgent uplift’ in order to limit damage of COVID-19 pandemic, say IPPR and TUC

Welsh Government announces extra £5 million funding for Discretionary Assistance Fund

Scottish Government sets out the next steps it will take in designing a ‘markedly different’ disability benefits system

Government issues new good practice guidance to support local authorities to meet the accommodation needs of care leavers

London boroughs report a 219 per cent increase in demand for local welfare assistance as a result of COVID-19

Reallocation of calendar monthly payment of earnings to a different universal credit assessment period in Northern Ireland

Social security provisions for prisoners on temporary release due to the coronavirus outbreak in Northern Ireland

DWP looking to get bulk access to claimants' bank accounts to help it combat benefit fraud

Government’s ‘final hour’ strengthening of COVID-19 job support package will still leave people struggling this winter