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15 November, 2018

More thought is needed on transitionally protecting those who naturally migrate to universal credit before managed migration, says SSAC Chair

Sir Ian Diamond also tells Work and Pensions Committee that the DWP should consider bringing forward the 2020 start date for the two week run on of legacy benefits

15 November, 2018

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into the current state of the UK’s welfare safety net

New investigation has been prompted by evidence of debt, hunger and homelessness heard across several recent Committee inquiries

15 November, 2018

Four out of ten households that could receive pension credit are not claiming the benefit

New DWP statistics also estimate that £10.1 billion of means-tested benefits (excluding jobseeker’s allowance and universal credit) went unclaimed in 2016/2017

13 November, 2018

2.9 per cent of universal credit claimants who were subject to conditionality had benefit reduced due to a sanction

New DWP statistics also show that 0.2 per cent of JSA claimants and 0.1 per cent of ESA claimants had benefit reduced due to sanction

13 November, 2018

84 per cent of full service universal credit new claims were paid on time and in full in August 2018

New DWP statistics also show that 89 per cent of new claims that were paid received some payment on time in the same period

12 November, 2018

Increased work allowances announced in Budget 2018 will lead to 200,000 more families gaining from move to universal credit

However, new analysis from the Resolution Foundation also finds that 3 million claimants will receive less than under the legacy benefit system

9 November, 2018

Amendment of rules of procedure for the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber

New statutory instrument addresses points raised by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

8 November, 2018

DWP confirms recent changes to the universal credit system designed ‘to improve the experience for claimants’

Measures introduced in the last three months include more support with identity verification for vulnerable claimants, and new statement layouts to help claimants who need to prove receipt of universal credit

7 November, 2018

Bill introduced in the Commons to remove certain fees for child maintenance services and to make changes to the maintenance calculation

Child Maintenance Service is failing to function properly in its current form, MPs told

7 November, 2018

Social Security amending regulations drafted in preparation for UK’s exit from the European Union

Draft statutory instruments remove or amend references that are no longer appropriate once the UK has exited the EU

7 November, 2018

DWP publishes guidance on arrangements for incorporating Welsh rates of income tax into benefits systems

Changes to IT systems and processes to take effect in time for introduction of devolved income tax rates in April 2019

6 November, 2018

Work and Pensions Secretary issues oral statement on the DWP’s approach to migrating claimants to universal credit

Esther McVey says that changes announced in the Budget and managed migration regulations show that ‘the DWP listens’, and will 'continue to listen, adapt, change and deliver’

6 November, 2018

Upper Tribunal grants ‘leap-frog’ certificate to appeal to Supreme Court in bedroom tax case

Judge notes that this is first time an application has been made for a 'leap-frog' certificate in Upper Tribunal since power was introduced in August 2016

6 November, 2018

Just 22 per cent of those offered a loan for mortgage interest have accepted or indicated an intent to accept

New DWP statistics also show that, seven months after support for mortgage interest was converted to a loan, a further 7 per cent remain undecided

6 November, 2018

Sanctions regime is ‘at times so counter-productive it just seems pointlessly cruel’

Work and Pensions Committee highlights it is only major welfare reform not to have been evaluated and calls for urgent reassessment

6 November, 2018

Extension of kinship carer and adoptive parent exceptions to the two child limit in child tax credit

New statutory instrument

6 November, 2018

Foodbank use up 13 per cent compared to last year, says Trussell Trust

Charity says five week wait for first benefit payment must be reduced to avoid more people being forced to foodbanks

5 November, 2018

Government publishes its response to the SSAC's report on universal credit managed migration

Alongside revised draft regulations, government confirms that managed migration will begin in July 2019 with small-scale testing involving no more than 10,000 people

5 November, 2018

Employment Minister refuses Select Committee's request to scrutinise universal credit managed migration regulations before they are laid

Chair of the Committee expresses hope that revised regulations have 'changed beyond recognition' or there will be 'no option but to vote them down'