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6 July, 2012

Data sharing between the DWP, local authorities and social landlords

New DWP guidance

6 July, 2012

Employment and support allowance awards made pending an appeal

New DWP guidance

5 July, 2012

Benefit cap will not be applied for 39 weeks to those who have worked for 12 months and lost job through no fault of their own, says DWP

New HB guidance

4 July, 2012

Access to Work scheme to be extended to young people on work experience

DWP also announces new expert advisory panel to help implement Sayce Review recommendations on scheme

4 July, 2012

DWP provides details of transitional protection under universal credit

New briefing note

4 July, 2012

HMRC consults on mandatory revision before appeal in tax credit cases

Consultation seeks views on impact of mirroring DWP's planned changes

4 July, 2012

Citizens Advice reports ‘massive rise’ in employment and support allowance problems

Bureaux deal with 97,000 cases in first quarter of this year, up 71 per cent on previous year

3 July, 2012

Atos Healthcare taking average of 62.8 days to clear ESA medical assessments against target of 35 days

Response to parliamentary question by Minister for Employment

3 July, 2012

DWP to create specialist disability living allowance unit for children

Unit to allow DWP to 'focus training more effectively and provide a better customer service'

3 July, 2012

Size criteria restrictions for working age claimants in the social rented sector from April 2013

New DWP guidance

3 July, 2012

Prescription of lung cancer in coke oven workers as industrial disease in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

2 July, 2012

Government announces changes to calculation for new statutory child maintenance scheme

New rules to be introduced by the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012

2 July, 2012

Scottish government launches passported benefits consultation

Exercise launches as MSPs vote in favour of the Welfare Reform (Further Provision) (Scotland) Bill

2 July, 2012

Help with Health Service costs in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

29 June, 2012

Government must be prepared to rethink social fund localisation if it means that families have nowhere to turn in crisis, says CPAG

New report considers opportunities and risks of delivering social fund at London-level

29 June, 2012

Third Welfare Reform Act 2012 commencement order

New statutory instrument repeals sections of Welfare Reform Act 2007 concerning provision of information about benefits and welfare services

29 June, 2012

HMRC's 'challenging' timetable for introduction of Real Time Information driven by introduction of universal credit, says National Audit Office

New report also notes that HMRC has not yet decided how it will migrate existing tax credits awards to universal credit

29 June, 2012

Social security and child support appeal receipts for 2011-2012 down by 12 per cent on previous year

New HM Courts & Tribunals Service annual statistics also show 14 per cent increase in appeal disposals