21 March, 2022 Open access
21 March, 2022
DWP also rejects calls to uprate and index-link capital limits and to strengthen contributory benefits
21 March, 2022
LA Welfare Direct bulletin also confirms data sharing arrangements for the administration of discretionary council tax energy rebate funds
21 March, 2022
New DWP guidance
18 March, 2022
Bold modernisation programme will support efficiencies while achieving improved customer outcomes and experience, says Work and Pensions Minister
18 March, 2022
New guidance sets out distribution of more than £1.5 million in 'New Burdens' funding by local authority across Great Britain
18 March, 2022
18 March, 2022
New guidance circular sets out specified amounts and guideline rent increases for 2022/2023
18 March, 2022
New statutory instrument
17 March, 2022
Peers conclude that the DWP failed to provide sufficient information to gain a clear understanding of the policy objective of the regulations or to adequately justify their urgency
17 March, 2022
However, Minister tells House of Commons that plans do not affect Jobcentre Plus and customer-facing roles and that 'we are not removing the back office; we are modernising it'
17 March, 2022
New statutory instrument
17 March, 2022
Responding to 'growing pressure on cost of living', Minister says increase will apply to job start payment, young carers grant, carer's allowance supplement, funeral support, best start grants and child winter heating assistance
17 March, 2022
New report also calls for benefits to be uprated in line with actual rate of inflation, and for increase in level of statutory sick pay
16 March, 2022
New statutory instrument
16 March, 2022
New statutory instrument
16 March, 2022
Disabled people on the highest components of the benefit and whose needs are unlikely to change will not be subject to reviews, Minister confirms
15 March, 2022
Reforms will make a real difference to the way people are able to access legal services, says Justice Minister
15 March, 2022
New DWP statistics also show that the number of new claim registrations continues to recover after the significant reduction during the Covid-19 pandemic
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