20 December, 2021 Open access
Agreement follows negotiations with PCS union which says it will 'use all means' to get better working conditions, less pressure of work and better safety for members in jobcentres
20 December, 2021 Open access
New Welfare Direct bulletin also includes advice that claimants will not be required to provide retrospective medical evidence for any period the easement covers
20 December, 2021
DWP issues new guidance to local authority housing benefit staff
20 December, 2021
New statutory rule
17 December, 2021 Open access
Suspension to remain in place until 27 January 2022 to give GPs more time to work on coronavirus vaccination boosters
17 December, 2021
17 December, 2021
New statutory instrument
17 December, 2021 Open access
New statutory rule issued to help free up GP time to prioritise Covid-19 vaccine booster programme
16 December, 2021 Open access
New statutory instrument issued to help free up GP time to prioritise Covid-19 vaccine booster programme
16 December, 2021
If publication does not happen before 11 January 2022, Committee will use its parliamentary powers to acquire report and publish it, warns Chair
16 December, 2021
DWP half-yearly statistics show almost 30 per cent of councils spent more than half their allocation compared to around 10 per cent in the same six month period in 2020/2021
15 December, 2021
Review will consider whether current rules around pensionable age are appropriate based on factors including life expectancy data, labour market changes, and the costs of an ageing population
14 December, 2021
Secretary of State says that people who will not be better off on universal credit now 'should wait for the managed migration programme, where they will have transitional protection'
14 December, 2021
Proposed reforms include measures to remedy 'democratic deficit' caused by increased role of courts in public policy decision-making
14 December, 2021
Department says that it plans to send letters out in 2022 offering claimants the 'opportunity' to ask for a review
14 December, 2021
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v AB (TC)
[2021] UKUT 209 (AAC)
CTC/2193/2019
14 December, 2021
Provision also made to require the Department for Communities to conduct a review and report on mitigation payment schemes to inform future decisions on a further extension
14 December, 2021
New DWP statistics also show that the number of planned award reviews and change of circumstances requests have reached similar levels to before the Covid-19 outbreak
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