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9 March, 2018

Tax credits and guardian’s allowance uprating 2018/2019

New statutory instrument

9 March, 2018

National Insurance earnings limits and thresholds for 2018/2019

New statutory instrument

9 March, 2018

Amendments to the loans for mortgage interest and social fund regulations in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

9 March, 2018

Earnings factors relevant to the calculation of an additional state pension

New regulations issued in Northern Ireland

8 March, 2018

Number of social security appeal cases outstanding increases by almost half in the last year

New Ministry of Justice statistics also highlight that the mean age of a case at disposal has increased by 8 weeks

8 March, 2018

Median clearance time from initial ESA claim to DWP work-capability assessment decision is 19 weeks

New DWP figures also show that the median time taken by assessment providers from receiving an initial referral from the DWP to making a recommendation is 14 weeks

8 March, 2018

Increase in carer’s allowance earnings limit from April 2018

New statutory instrument

8 March, 2018

Government publishes universal credit Project Assessment Reviews conducted between 2012 and 2015

However, Secretary of State says that publication of the reviews is exceptional and that future reviews will be treated as confidential

8 March, 2018

Benefit uprating 2018/2019

New statutory instruments

8 March, 2018

Amendments to the loans for mortgage interest and social fund regulations

New statutory instrument

7 March, 2018

EHRC calls on government to ensure a financial support package is in place for new work-related activity group claimants

Commission highlights that welfare reforms since 2010 have had a particularly negative impact on disabled people, families with more than two children, lone parents and ethnic minority households

7 March, 2018

Final New Burdens payment for Real Time Information Bulk Data Matching initiative in 2017/2018

New DWP guidance

6 March, 2018

DWP says that it will ensure work coaches use discretion effectively when delivering universal credit in-work progression

Response to SSAC report also acknowledges there is more to do to understand the barriers and needs of current in-work tax credit claimants who will be migrating to universal credit

6 March, 2018

Uprating of mesothelioma lump sum payments from April 2018

New statutory instrument

5 March, 2018

Increasing the child element in universal credit by £45 could lift up to 45,000 children out of poverty in Scotland

IPPR Scotland says that changes to child element rate could have greater impact on reducing child poverty than other available policy levers

5 March, 2018

Earnings factor for the calculation of an additional state pension

New statutory instrument

5 March, 2018

Whether a claimant can bring an appeal when an appointee is in place / whether informal representative or litigation friend can or should act for the claimant

CDLA/998/2017

2 March, 2018

Scottish Government confirms that carer’s assistance will be uprated in line with inflation under Scotland’s new social security system

Announcement follows earlier commitment to have annual inflation-linked rises in disability and employment-injury assistance