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21 December, 2016

Definition of ‘close relative’ for the purposes of housing benefit includes a half-brother / sister

CH/2290/2016

21 December, 2016

Assessing dates of entitlement for competing claims for child benefit

CF/3390/2015

21 December, 2016

Responsibilities of representatives when providing evidence to First-tier Tribunals on behalf of clients

CPIP/2354/2016

20 December, 2016

Advisers cannot use implicit consent to discuss cases in universal credit full service areas

DWP's Director General of universal credit confirms that advisers can make contact by phone in full service areas but will need to have the claimant with them or, if not, a three-way call can be arranged

20 December, 2016

DWP publishes interim report into jobseeker’s allowance sanctions early warning trial

Providing claimants with an additional 14 days to respond to a sanction warning letter resulted in a 13 per cent response rate

20 December, 2016

Housing benefit uprating 2017/2018

New DWP guidance

19 December, 2016

DWP launches consultation on closure of three jobcentres in Glasgow

Relocation of services described as an opportunity to deliver improved customer service at reduced cost

19 December, 2016

Further delay to introduction of bedroom tax for social sector claimants in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

19 December, 2016

Prisoners should receive first month’s universal credit on day of release, say MPs

Work and Pensions Committee also finds that job-ready ex-offenders are potentially dismissed by Jobcentre Plus as 'hard cases'

16 December, 2016

Duties of tribunal when previous medical reports are not provided or referred to by the Secretary of State or the claimant

CE/1161/2016

16 December, 2016

Available third party assistance can be taken into account when assessing risk under ESA regulation 35

CE/1885/2016

16 December, 2016

Contributory benefits and the effects of changes to collection and payment of Class 2 national insurance

New DWP guidance

15 December, 2016

Scottish Government to provide £47 million to fully mitigate the bedroom tax

Draft budget for 2017/2018 also confirms that funding for the Scottish Welfare Fund will be sustained

15 December, 2016

Tax credits ‘SLAN’ - Statement Like an Award Notice - is not appealable

CTC/1544/2015

15 December, 2016

Tax credits ‘SLAN’ - Statement Like an Award Notice - can be treated as an appealable section 18 final decision

CTC/993/2016

14 December, 2016

Public Accounts Committee takes evidence from DWP about sanctions regime

Questioning focuses on DWP’s failure to gather evidence about effects of sanctions on claimants

14 December, 2016

Fifth of individuals who made a claim for JSA in the six years to December 2015 received a sanction

However, new DWP statistics also show that the likelihood of being sanctioned in any given month does not substantially change as total time on JSA increases

14 December, 2016

48 per cent of DLA claims reassessed for PIP have resulted in a reduction or disallowance of benefit

New DWP statistics also show that 22 per cent of mandatory reconsiderations of reassessed DLA decisions led to a change in award