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25 January, 2017

Government responds to Work and Pensions Committee report on ‘intergenerational fairness’

Response reaffirms the government's commitment to the pension triple lock for the length of this Parliament

25 January, 2017

Amendments to council tax reduction schemes in Wales

New statutory instrument

24 January, 2017

Director General of Universal Credit writes to advisers outlining 'explicit consent' process to be used in full service areas

Consent can be given via the online account, on the phone, or at a jobcentre

24 January, 2017

Government review of Universal Support is looking at improved data sharing

Work and Pensions Minister says it is paramount to get jobcentres and other services to work together to tackle barriers to work

24 January, 2017

Increasing expectations on work coaches pose a 'major risk' to the success of Jobcentre Plus reform, says Work and Pensions Committee

However, government response to Committee's report disputes that creating a higher grade role of work coach would assist those with substantial barriers to work

24 January, 2017

DWP aims to have strategy in place by September 2017 to review both telephony charges and other contact channels

Minister for Welfare Delivery writes to Work and Pensions Committee

23 January, 2017

Employment Minister outlines details of the Youth Obligation programme for 18-21 year-olds

Participants will be required to undergo an intensive programme of work preparation and encouraged to apply for activities including work experience or an apprenticeship

23 January, 2017

A judge sitting on their own is sufficient to decide an appeal which concerns failure to attend a medical examination

CE/2223/2016

20 January, 2017

Exceptions to the two-child limit in universal credit and child tax credit

Government publishes response to its October 2016 consultation

20 January, 2017

Government drops plan for the localisation of attendance allowance

Announcement by Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government follows consultation on whether councils should fund the benefit from business rates

20 January, 2017

LGA calls for ‘radical rethink’ of job centres to help more people back to work

Jobcentre Plus is 'simply not doing enough to engage people', says Association

20 January, 2017

Requiring lone parents with a youngest child aged 3 or 4 to undertake work-related activity

New regulations issued in Northern Ireland

20 January, 2017

‘Communication support’ in connection with hearing loss can be provided by family and friends and is not limited to help from sign language interpreters

CPIP/1534/2016

19 January, 2017

Claimants accessing ‘universal support’ would benefit from ‘in-depth, longer-term support’

New research from the DWP presents qualitative evidence from local authorities on DHPs, universal support and reduced backdating in housing benefit

19 January, 2017

Requirement to consider whether reasonable to treat housing benefit claimant as liable for rent under regulation 8(1)(c)(ii) where there is no legal liability

CH/2227/2016

18 January, 2017

Reductions in the value of benefits could leave families worse off by £2,800 a year by 2020 compared to start of decade

New report from the End Child Poverty coalition calls on government to end freeze of children's benefits and increase help with housing costs in line with local rents

18 January, 2017

Opposition day motion to suspend roll-out of universal credit and jobcentre closure programme defeated in the House of Commons

MPs vote by 276 votes to 172 against the motion

18 January, 2017

More than 250,000 universal credit claimants in ‘searching for work’ conditionality regime

New DWP statistics also show that more than 430,000 people are now claiming the benefit

18 January, 2017

Increase in local housing allowance rates in Northern Ireland in areas subject to high rent increases

New statutory rule