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7 October, 2011

Government announces extra £300m in childcare support under universal credit

Support to be extended to 80,000 parents working 16 hours or less

6 October, 2011

Mandatory access to Work Programme for prison leavers from ‘day one’ to start in March 2012

New DWP equality impact assessment sets out details of policy

6 October, 2011

SSAC report on passported benefits under universal credit, and DWP response, to be published in Spring 2012

Written ministerial statement by Lord Freud

5 October, 2011

‘We’ve got to get some sense back into our labour market’, says Prime Minister

David Cameron tells Conservative Party Conference that, of the 1.3m people who have claimed ESA, one million are either able to work or stopped claim before assessment completed

5 October, 2011

Whether A8 national in series of part time jobs had completed 12 months work / whether workers registration scheme discriminatory

CJSA/2743/2009

5 October, 2011

Universal credit IT programme ‘on time and on budget’, says Lord Freud

Minister tells House of Lords Welfare Reform Bill Committee that programme seen as 'exemplar of how government should develop IT'

4 October, 2011

Concerns raised about ‘challenging timetable’ for introduction of Real Time Information

However HMRC says that universal credit's dependence on system means there is 'no flexibility' in go-live date

4 October, 2011

Allowing claimants to sign on at their local Post Office

Pilot exercise to run for 13 weeks in Scotland and Essex

3 October, 2011

DWP seeks volunteer local authorities for trial of direct payments of housing support to claimants

Trial to 'help get the final design of any safeguards in universal credit right'

3 October, 2011

Professor Harrington publishes independent review of work capability assessment in Northern Ireland

Review identifies unique factors in Northern Ireland and how existing UK recommendations could be applied

30 September, 2011

Right to reside test contravenes EU law, says European Commission

Commission gives UK two months to bring legislation into line with European law

30 September, 2011

Think tank calls for introduction of points based system for JSA claimants

Benefit should be withheld from those who fail to reach a minimum weekly target, says Policy Exchange

29 September, 2011

Housing benefit and council tax benefit subsidy arrangements 2012/2013

New DWP guidance

27 September, 2011

Tenants should be allowed to opt for payment of universal credit housing element direct to landlords

Letter to Iain Duncan Smith from 15 leading organisations says that current proposals are not compatible with government objectives of personal responsibility and choice

27 September, 2011

Retrospective self funding / payability of benefit / supersession of existing award

CDLA/1340/2009

27 September, 2011

DWP action following error in auto-increase of pension credit ‘non state pension’ income

New housing benefit guidance

26 September, 2011

Right to reside of extended family members

New DWP guidance

26 September, 2011

Treasury Officials warn Chancellor that universal credit could be delivered late and over budget

Concerns reported to centre on ability of HMRC to deliver 'real time' information

26 September, 2011

Payment of the work related activity component for ‘work or training beneficiaries’

New DWP guidance following Upper Tribunal decision