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23 May, 2018

Welsh Government should consider seeking devolved powers over universal credit, Equality Committee says

Report on poverty in Wales suggests that twice monthly payments and direct payment of housing costs to landlords would help meet the needs of Welsh claimants

23 May, 2018

More than 5,500 people ‘joined’ Scotland’s devolved employment services in 2017/2018

New statistics also highlight that almost 9,000 referrals were made to Work First Scotland and Work Able Scotland over the period

23 May, 2018

EU co-ordination rules do not provide for entitlement to child benefit in respect of a step child resident in another Member State

CF/2872/2017

23 May, 2018

DWP issues new guidance in relation to transition to universal credit housing payments

New housing benefit circular

22 May, 2018

Welfare conditionality fails to prompt ‘behaviour change’ in most claimants, new research finds

Five year academic study also finds that sanctions routinely trigger profoundly negative personal, financial and health outcomes

22 May, 2018

Scottish local authorities awarded more than 120,000 discretionary housing payments in 2017/2018

New statistics also show that the average award was £483, typically made to fully mitigate the bedroom tax

21 May, 2018

Sanctions Early Warning Trial resulted in little difference to ultimate outcomes that claimants achieved

Minister for Employment says benefits of process are not sufficient to justify extra time and cost

21 May, 2018

Payment of Scotland’s carer’s allowance supplement may be delayed for some claimants

However Social Security Minister says that, despite a delay in the transfer of DWP data providing the contact details of a small number of claimants, the bulk of carers will still be paid later this Summer

21 May, 2018

Senior President of Tribunals given greater flexibility to set tribunal panel composition

New statutory instrument

18 May, 2018

Amendments to PIP Mobility Activity 1 in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule reverses amendments made in April 2017 following High Court ruling in Great Britain in December 2017

17 May, 2018

Rate of overpayments in universal credit has increased to 7.2 per cent, up from 5.5 per cent the previous year

New DWP statistics also report that underpayments in universal credit have remained unchanged at 1.3 per cent

17 May, 2018

Work and Pensions Committee calls on government to remove the fixed earnings threshold in carer’s allowance

New report on employment support for carers recommends a tapered earnings limit that would reduce benefit payments as earnings grow

17 May, 2018

Scottish Government launches consultation on Funeral Expense Assistance Regulations

Social Security Minister says proposals for the new benefit will lead to 50 per cent more people receiving help than under current DWP Funeral Payment rules

16 May, 2018

Universal credit work coaches often ignore the caring commitments of single parents, says Gingerbread

However, new report highlights that supportive work coaches make a huge difference to a claimant's experience of the benefit

15 May, 2018

4.1 per cent of people on universal credit had a deduction from benefit as a result of a sanction in February 2018

New DWP statistics show that for JSA and ESA, sanctions were applied to just 0.2 per cent of claimants

15 May, 2018

Just over a third of universal credit claimants were in employment as of 12 April 2018

New DWP statistics also show that 52 per cent were in the 'searching for work' conditionality regime

15 May, 2018

Tribunal's obligation to hold oral hearing when requested to do so by either party / abolition of Category B pension on commencement of new state pension provisions

CP/1710/2017

15 May, 2018

Whether a woman who was self-employed immediately before her maternity period can rely on similar principles to St Prix to preserve her status

CF/393/2016

14 May, 2018

Freeze of LHA rates has substantially reduced availability of affordable accommodation in Scotland

New report from the Scottish Government also highlights that there has been a major increase in rent arrears where claimants are on universal credit