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10 June, 2019

Scottish Affairs Committee launches inquiry into impact of welfare policy in Scotland

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7 June, 2019

Peers recommend new duty on Lord Chancellor to ensure digitally excluded can access online proceedings

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7 June, 2019

Work and Pensions Committee ‘invites’ DWP to reconsider stance on links between survival sex and universal credit

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7 June, 2019

DWP estimates that cost of reversing changes to state pension age would be £215 billion

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7 June, 2019

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into DWP spending plans

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7 June, 2019

HMRC cancels more than 6,000 ‘Failure to Notify' penalties issued for not registering for High Income Child Benefit Charge

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6 June, 2019

Government reaffirms justification for two-child limit as ensuring fairness between claimants and working parents

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6 June, 2019

Trussell Trust and StepChange call for universal credit advance payments to be non-repayable

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6 June, 2019

MPs express concern about the despair experienced by many of those having deductions made from their universal credit

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6 June, 2019

DWP waived 10 universal credit overpayments on the grounds of hardship during 2018/2019, government confirms

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5 June, 2019

UK Government ‘strongly refutes’ UN Special Rapporteur’s claim that design and delivery of welfare reforms are deliberately punitive

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5 June, 2019

Changes needed to the design and function of universal credit so it goes 'with the grain of people's lives rather than against it'

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5 June, 2019

57 per cent of universal credit full service claims had a deduction applied in February 2019

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5 June, 2019

Housing benefit and transition to universal credit payments where lead legacy benefit claimant is approaching state pension age

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Charities call for step change in way society supports unpaid carers

Scottish Affairs Committee launches inquiry into impact of welfare policy in Scotland

Employment case law round up

Peers recommend new duty on Lord Chancellor to ensure digitally excluded can access online proceedings

Work and Pensions Committee ‘invites’ DWP to reconsider stance on links between survival sex and universal credit

DWP estimates that cost of reversing changes to state pension age would be £215 billion

FCA announces measures to provide greater protection for consumers using overdrafts

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into DWP spending plans

HMRC cancels more than 6,000 ‘Failure to Notify' penalties issued for not registering for High Income Child Benefit Charge

Social care system 'continues to leave families to face the catastrophic risk of losing all their assets', says IFS Director

Government reaffirms justification for two-child limit as ensuring fairness between claimants and working parents

Trussell Trust and StepChange call for universal credit advance payments to be non-repayable

MPs express concern about the despair experienced by many of those having deductions made from their universal credit

DWP waived 10 universal credit overpayments on the grounds of hardship during 2018/2019, government confirms

UK Government ‘strongly refutes’ UN Special Rapporteur’s claim that design and delivery of welfare reforms are deliberately punitive

Changes needed to the design and function of universal credit so it goes 'with the grain of people's lives rather than against it'

57 per cent of universal credit full service claims had a deduction applied in February 2019

Housing benefit and transition to universal credit payments where lead legacy benefit claimant is approaching state pension age

Government confirms that it is reviewing national minimum wage naming scheme and that scheme has been suspended for duration of review