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13 February, 2019

Government considering whether rules relating to calculation of monthly rents in universal credit need amending

Conversion method means one day's rent a year - or two in a leap year - are not covered by benefit

13 February, 2019

Universal credit staff considering industrial action over unmanageable workloads

Key demands include limiting the number of phone calls per case manager, and taking a 'quality-focused' approach

13 February, 2019

Exclusion of mixed-age couples from entitlement to pension credit

New DWP guidance

13 February, 2019

Resolving concerns over Motability reserves offers ‘huge scope’ to improve lives of disabled claimants without increasing tax spending, say MPs

Treasury and Work and Pensions Committees also urge Motability charity governors to ‘stop making excuses’ and provide full evidence to the committees

12 February, 2019

Difficulties accessing money at start of universal credit claims could have been 'main issue' leading to increased food bank use, concedes Secretary of State

Responding to oral questions yesterday, Minister for Employment adds that there are 'no targets for getting claimants to use a digital channel'

12 February, 2019

DWP confirms that Post Office Card Account contract to end in November 2021

However, Minister tells parliament that DWP will implement an alternative payment service for claimants who are unable to open a mainstream account by that date

11 February, 2019

Government has 'failed utterly' to grasp the seriousness of the impact of its counter-productive sanctions regime, say MPs

While agreeing to evaluate the effectiveness of sanctions in getting people into work, government is still not considering the impact on claimants’ financial and personal wellbeing

11 February, 2019

DHP allocations for 2019/2020 for local authorities in England and Wales

New DWP guidance

8 February, 2019

DWP aims to make severe disability premium transitional payments within six months of managed migration regulations being laid

However, Minister confirms that no date has yet been set for this as draft regulations are subject to parliamentary debate

8 February, 2019

Best start grant payments made in first two months of new benefit exceed amount DWP paid out over a year

Social Security Scotland makes £2.7 million of payments since the benefit was introduced on 10 December 2018

8 February, 2019

Introduction of a universal credit earnings threshold for entitlement to free school meals in Wales

New regulations also provide for transitional protection from the changes

8 February, 2019

Miscellaneous amendments to Scotland’s council tax reduction scheme from April 2019

New statutory instrument

7 February, 2019

Ministry of Justice publishes strategy to 'help people resolve legal problems at the earliest opportunity'

New Action Plan published alongside government's review of changes to legal aid made under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

7 February, 2019

More than 200,000 households have been subject to the benefit cap since its introduction in April 2013

New DWP statistics also show that 62,000 households were capped as at November 2018

7 February, 2019

DWP commences work to develop digital service for requesting medical information from the NHS

Data sharing project forms part of wider digital service development for administering health related benefits

7 February, 2019

Continuous online appeal resolution to be tested in social security and child support tribunals

Government response to PAC report on transforming courts and tribunals also confirms that online social security appeal function will be rolled out to all benefits over the next 18 months

7 February, 2019

European Scrutiny Committee questions effect of removing ‘equal treatment’ principle in draft ‘no deal’ social security regulations

Committee requests information from the Minister 'as soon as possible' and draws the regulations to the attention of the Work and Pensions Committee

6 February, 2019

Scottish Social Security Committee calls for ‘fundamental urgent changes’ to universal credit

Report on in-work poverty in Scotland includes recommendations to lift the benefit freeze, reinstate previous work allowance rates and remove tax credit support from universal credit altogether

6 February, 2019

National Fraud Initiative 2018/2019 matches being delivered to local authorities and the DWP from 31 January 2019

DWP bulletin to local authority staff highlights new system of risk scoring for individual claimants to assist in prioritising reviews