20 October, 2020 Open access
20 October, 2020 Open access
Additional £10 million has also been made available to fund continuation of free school meals through the winter holiday and Easter breaks
20 October, 2020
New statutory instrument will 'smooth entitlement to universal credit and help maintain a regular payment cycle', says DWP
20 October, 2020 Open access
COVID-19 pandemic has painfully exposed the fragility of the gains that had been made towards becoming a fairer and more prosperous society, says Commission Chair
20 October, 2020
Minister says Department is 'working at great speed' to bring forward much-needed changes following a review of special rules for the terminally ill
20 October, 2020
Responding to oral questions in the Commons, Dr Coffey says government 'will not be responding positively in that regard' to Select Committee's report
20 October, 2020 Open access
19 October, 2020
In addition, where claimants are migrating to universal credit, Select Committee suggests they should continue to receive their legacy benefits during the first assessment period
19 October, 2020
Mental health charity also calls for creation of new commission, led by disabled people, to be tasked with recommending proposals to reform the WCA and PIP assessments
19 October, 2020
Advice note sent to National Housing Federation says new system will ensure cases are ‘automatically correctly paid each month’
16 October, 2020
Justification for powers in Immigration and Social Security Bill includes enabling government to address ‘technical matters’ and ‘unintended consequences’ arising from changes made to retained EU coordination regulations
16 October, 2020
Letter from Chair of Committee to Work and Pensions Secretary calls for more detailed response to recommendations including that DWP should make increase in standard allowance permanent
15 October, 2020
Response to consultation on post-Transition Period reforms for British courts says extension will 'help achieve our aim of enabling retained EU case law to evolve more quickly than otherwise might have been achieved'
15 October, 2020
Committee seeks views on the effectiveness of Scottish Choices, Scotland-specific issues raised by universal credit policies, and the impact of advance payments on increasing claimants' debt problems
14 October, 2020
Highlighting that the COVID-19 pandemic will 'only sweep them further into danger', coalition calls for urgent government action
14 October, 2020 Open access
New statutory rule
14 October, 2020
Dismissing the concept on grounds of cost, delivery and impact, Will Quince says that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that universal credit is the right approach for the UK
13 October, 2020
Nevertheless, HMCTS says there 'clearly is a demand for users to converse with the tribunal online' and that this will be included in future development
13 October, 2020
New DWP statistics also show that claimant unemployment rate has almost doubled in same period
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