20 September, 2018
20 September, 2018
New statutory instrument
19 September, 2018
Committee highlights introduction of Access to Work Tech Fund and pledge to consider use of PIP payments to lease or buy assistive technology
19 September, 2018
New research finds that 22 local authorities do not operate a scheme, while a further 29 schemes are under threat due to local authority budget reductions
17 September, 2018
New DWP guidance for local authorities confirms circumstances in which a new universal credit claim is required
17 September, 2018
New benefit will provide a £300 one-off annual payment for carers aged 16 to 17 and those aged 18 if still at school
17 September, 2018
14 September, 2018
However, the pace of change in respect of the recommendations the government has accepted is ‘painfully slow’, says Committee chair
14 September, 2018
Extension could 'diminish the incentive effect of the Minimum Income Floor', says Employment Minister
14 September, 2018
New Chamber to be 'efficient and effective in dealing with appeals while ensuring the dignity and respect of individuals', says Cabinet Secretary
14 September, 2018
Scheme provides for caseworkers to be able to carry out all decisions that a judge may make except ‘substantive final decisions’
13 September, 2018
New Ministry of Justice statistics also highlight that a general increase in the overturn rate of appeals has been driven by a six percentage point increase in successful PIP appeals
13 September, 2018
New DWP statistics also show that, in July 2018, only 22 per cent of decisions overturned at mandatory reconsideration stage
13 September, 2018
Excluding time spent in pre-queue messaging, average response time was more than 13 minutes in 2017/2018
13 September, 2018
New statutory instruments
12 September, 2018
New DWP report, based on Ipsos MORI research, also finds no change in claimants' attitudes towards progression over the course of the trial
12 September, 2018
First payments of the pregnancy and baby grant will be made before Christmas 2018, with early learning and school age grant payments to be introduced by Summer 2019
11 September, 2018
Jon Thompson also tells Select Committee that government’s appetite for changing tax credits is very low because of strategic decisions on universal credit
11 September, 2018
New statutory instrument
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