17 May, 2019
17 May, 2019
Responding to Select Committee's inquiry, Department says it would welcome the opportunity to look into individual cases
17 May, 2019
New research from Centrepoint also finds that the sanction rate is higher for programme participants than young claimants not required to participate
16 May, 2019
Written answer advises increase may be due to higher caseload and increased awareness of advances
16 May, 2019
Service will be tested by June 2019 in one area before evaluation and decision on wider rollout
16 May, 2019
May 2019 update also confirms that, of those who have completed process, 86,000 have received arrears with average value of £5,000
16 May, 2019
15 May, 2019
Response to Work and Pensions Committee report says DWP ‘firmly believes’ that those not required to work can be encouraged to do so by the cap
15 May, 2019
New DWP guidance
15 May, 2019
End Child Poverty coalition calls for an end to the two child limit and the benefit freeze
15 May, 2019
Department for Communities confirms that almost £19 million has been paid to just under 3,000 claimants
15 May, 2019
Homelessness Monitor 2019 reports that probelm is further exacerbated by freezing of benefit rates and the lowered benefit cap
15 May, 2019
New statutory instrument amends mixed-age couple benefit rules in force from today
15 May, 2019
Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill receives second reading in the House of Lords
14 May, 2019
Claimants will also be able to access a 'blank' statement showing expected entitlement based on information that has been submitted
14 May, 2019
New DWP figures also show increase in volume of disallowed claims from 275,090 in 2014/2015 to 392,280 in 2017/2018
14 May, 2019
New DWP statistics also show that, in February 2019, 2.45 per cent of universal credit claimants who were subject to conditionality were sanctioned
14 May, 2019
Minister provides figures in written answer to parliament
14 May, 2019
Review to examine all possible drivers including design of the benefit system
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