27 August, 2021
27 August, 2021 Open access
Results of survey published ahead of next month's hearing of judicial review challenge to government's decision not to extend universal credit 'uplift' to employment and support allowance
26 August, 2021 Open access
New Joseph Rowntree Foundation analysis also finds that, on average, 21 per cent of all working-age families will experience £1,040-a-year cut to their income
26 August, 2021
Scottish Fiscal Commission estimates that 70,000 more claimants will be entitled to new devolved benefit compared to PIP in 2026/2027, at an additional cost of £0.5bn
25 August, 2021
New figures include that almost two-thirds of those affected by the benefit cap have had the reduction mitigated by a welfare supplementary payment
24 August, 2021
JG v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (BB)
[2021] UKUT 194 (AAC)
CG/1616/2019 Interim
23 August, 2021
23 August, 2021
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary says the government has to be honest and recognise that the system we had going into the Covid-19 crisis was not sufficient
23 August, 2021
DWP issues new guidance
23 August, 2021
Policies agreed in new draft programme also include exploring, and then implementing, ways to counter the impacts of the benefit cap, and continuing Scottish Child Payment ‘bridging payments’ into 2022
20 August, 2021
FOI response confirms that there were more than 330,000 official error overpayments worth more than £228 million during the year, but that only £22,000 has been waived
20 August, 2021
Department says that it is 'unable to scale at a sufficient speed' to respond and increase capacity to the level needed
20 August, 2021
New DWP guidance
20 August, 2021
New statutory rule
19 August, 2021
Written answer to Parliament also explains that, due to PIP qualifying period, cases recorded will be 'long Covid' or 'post-Covid syndrome' cases rather than initial Covid-19 infections
19 August, 2021
Updated support for mortgage interest information also confirms that the rate used to calculate how much support is provided through the loan has dropped to 2.09 per cent
18 August, 2021
SM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (JSA)
[2021] UKUT 179 (AAC)
CJSA/1294/2020
18 August, 2021 Open access
Joint statement also says policies 'lack foresight' and the government should carry out 'a meaningful impact assessment' to justify them
18 August, 2021
Joint letter argues that doubling payment now would represent the ‘single most impactful action’ that could be taken to meet child poverty targets in 2023
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