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11 October, 2017

Benefits conditionality regime disproportionately affects vulnerable single parents, says One Parent Families Scotland

New report finds that sanctions, and the fear of being sanctioned, are leading to worsening mental health of parents, with knock-on negative impacts on children

11 October, 2017

Welsh Assesmbly Committee writes to David Gauke to join the call for universal credit roll-out to be paused

Problems highlighted include limited availability of digital help and high costs of calling the universal credit helpline

11 October, 2017

12,000 under 35s in Scotland face up to £8.6 million rent shortfall as a result of the LHA cap, says CIH Scotland

New research shows that cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow will be most severely affected

11 October, 2017

64 per cent of DLA reassessed claims are awarded PIP in Northern Ireland

First official statistics also show that the average clearance time is 13 weeks

10 October, 2017

New Burdens payments for Real Time Information data matching initiative in 2017/2018

New DWP guidance

9 October, 2017

Nearly half of housing benefit claimants in London are in work

New report from the New Policy Institute and Trust for London finds that the proportion of housing benefit claimants in work has been steadily increasing since 2011

6 October, 2017

Disability Rights UK expresses reservations about DWP criteria for 'switching off' work capability reassessments

Charity says that whilst the new criteria are an improvement, they don’t resolve the fundamental problems of the work capability assessment

6 October, 2017

DWP updates details of its jobcentre closure programme

Some smaller jobcentres will merge with larger ones, and others will be co-located within local government premises

6 October, 2017

Miscellaneous amendments to the council tax reduction scheme in Scotland

New statutory instrument

6 October, 2017

Disregard of payments from the new Infected Blood Scheme and the Thalidomide Trust

New DWP guidance

5 October, 2017

Scottish Government announces awards of employment support services contracts worth up to £96 million

Services will be delivered by a mix of public, private and third sector organisations in nine contract areas across Scotland

5 October, 2017

Secretary of State’s responsibilities when preparing tribunal responses in cases of repeat work capability assessments

New DWP guidance

5 October, 2017

SSAC responds to inquiry on the scrutiny of delegated legislation related to exiting the EU

Response suggests that existing role and remit of the Committee should remain in place in relation to any Brexit-influenced proposed changes in social security legislation

5 October, 2017

Further roll-out of universal credit full service between October 2017 and January 2018

New DWP guidance

5 October, 2017

Disregard of emergency funds for the purposes of calculating social security benefits in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

4 October, 2017

Work and Pensions Committee seeks explanation of universal credit advance payment policy changes from David Gauke

Letter to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions also asks for a copy of new DWP guidance and the criteria for deciding if claimants qualify for same-day fast-track payments

4 October, 2017

84 per cent of households subject to benefit cap in Northern Ireland are single parent families

New Department for Communities statistics also highlight that more than three quarters of capped single parent families have a child under five

4 October, 2017

Delivery of flexible payment choices to new full service universal credit claimants in Scotland

Scottish Government issues guidance on how choices to request twice monthly universal credit payments and direct payment of housing costs to landlords will operate

4 October, 2017

Northern Ireland bereavement support payment regulations re-made pending resolution by Assembly

New statutory rule