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13 November, 2019

More than 800,000 food parcels were issued by the Trussell Trust between April and September 2019, up 23 per cent on the previous year

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12 November, 2019

More than half of universal credit sanctions last more than four weeks

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12 November, 2019

Just 80 households on universal credit received a split payment in August 2019

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11 November, 2019

Amendments to social security regulations to protect rights of third country nationals lawfully living and working in Northern Ireland after the UK exits the EU

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8 November, 2019

Human Rights Commission calls on Northern Ireland Executive to renew welfare reform mitigation measures due to end in March 2020

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8 November, 2019

Social Security Scotland launches consultation on its first Equality Strategy

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7 November, 2019

UK Government needs to end the structural and design issues in universal credit that drive up poverty and debt

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7 November, 2019

80 per cent of universal credit households no longer subject to benefit cap moved off because of reasons other than earnings

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6 November, 2019

ASA upholds formal complaints about DWP’s universal credit advertising campaign

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6 November, 2019

Claimant who has new condition, or worsening of existing condition, to be treated as having limited capability for work from date of repeat ESA claim until date of decision on claim / First-tier Tribunal not bound by DWP's decision on regulation 30

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6 November, 2019

Government fails to commit to extension of ‘mitigation’ measures in response to MP’s report on welfare policy in Northern Ireland

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6 November, 2019

Administrative Justice Council identifies poor government decision making as a ‘prime area of concern’

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More than 800,000 food parcels were issued by the Trussell Trust between April and September 2019, up 23 per cent on the previous year

Court of Session rules that Serco’s eviction of failed asylum seekers from accommodation without first obtaining a court order is lawful

Citizens Advice questions whether bailiffs offer councils value for money when they recover just 27p for every £1 of council tax debt referred

More than half of universal credit sanctions last more than four weeks

Just 80 households on universal credit received a split payment in August 2019

IPPR puts forward reform agenda for transforming adult social care

Scottish Government welcomes recommendations to improve support for care leavers at risk of homelessness

Billions of pounds of additional funding needed to meet the rising costs of adult social care, says IFS

Amendments to social security regulations to protect rights of third country nationals lawfully living and working in Northern Ireland after the UK exits the EU

Human Rights Commission calls on Northern Ireland Executive to renew welfare reform mitigation measures due to end in March 2020

Social Security Scotland launches consultation on its first Equality Strategy

Amendments to insolvency legislation in preparation for the UK’s exit from the European Union

Welsh Government consults on proposals to ensure workers are treated and rewarded fairly in the workplace

UK Government needs to end the structural and design issues in universal credit that drive up poverty and debt

80 per cent of universal credit households no longer subject to benefit cap moved off because of reasons other than earnings

ASA upholds formal complaints about DWP’s universal credit advertising campaign

Claimant who has new condition, or worsening of existing condition, to be treated as having limited capability for work from date of repeat ESA claim until date of decision on claim / First-tier Tribunal not bound by DWP's decision on regulation 30

Government fails to commit to extension of ‘mitigation’ measures in response to MP’s report on welfare policy in Northern Ireland

Administrative Justice Council identifies poor government decision making as a ‘prime area of concern’