10 January, 2023
10 January, 2023
Plans to help jobseekers into work set out by Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary also include reform of jobcentres and localisation of employment support
10 January, 2023
WB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (UC)
[2022] UKUT 332 (AAC)
UA-2022-000123-USTA
10 January, 2023
AA v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (JSA)
[2022] UKUT 341 (AAC)
UA-2022-000624-JSA
10 January, 2023
New research finds that 'transformative' change, which would almost halve poverty among those with terminal illness, would cost just 0.1 per cent of the annual state pension bill
9 January, 2023
New statutory instrument
9 January, 2023
5 January, 2023
MoJ says it will also consider value for taxpayers’ money and wider budgetary restraints on the Department
5 January, 2023
Survey also finds that around six in ten advisers say claimants are waiting between 12 weeks and six months on average for claims or changes to be processed, while 15 per cent say the average delay is even longer
5 January, 2023
Resolution Foundation says that complex interaction of systems run by two different departments is not what a family-friendly tax and benefits system looks like
4 January, 2023
Freedom of information request also reveals that more than 2 per cent of PIP assessments and almost 5 per cent of ESA and universal credit assessments failed to meet the required standard in August 2022,
3 January, 2023
Low income households will receive £900 paid in three instalments across the year, while the £150 disability payment will be made in the summer and the £300 pensioner payment in the winter
3 January, 2023
Duties of new Minister, who replaces Baroness Stedman-Scott, include bereavement and maternity benefits and oversight of DWP's resourcing and estates
23 December, 2022
Developed by the Home Office, Ask for ANI scheme expected to be trialled in selected Jobcentre Plus offices for up to 12 months
23 December, 2022
Billing authorities will have some discretion on how to support bill payers but will be expected to provide up to £25 reduction in council tax liability of all individuals receiving council tax support who have outstanding council tax liability
21 December, 2022
R (on the application of CB) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3329 (Admin)
20 December, 2022
In addition, Select Committee urges DWP to find a solution to the barrier that requiring upfront costs creates, and to provide more support and advice for those that need help with childcare
20 December, 2022
New figures highlight that most common reasons for complaints are ‘quality of service’ and ‘timescales’, and that only 45 of 560 stage 1 complaints were not upheld between April and September 2022
19 December, 2022
Housing Secretary says new funding will enable councils to deliver additional support to claimants and give them the resources and flexibility 'to determine local approaches to support other vulnerable households in their area'
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