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28 June, 2018

Independent review finds PIP assessment process in Northern Ireland is fragmented and negatively impacts on claimants

Recommendations include for the Department to request GP evidence for every claim and to provide claimants with a copy of their assessment report along with their decision letter

28 June, 2018

More than 73,000 households affected by the two child limit policy as at 2 April 2018

New DWP statistics show that 70,620 households were not receiving a child element or amount for at least one child, and 2,900 households were covered by an exception to the policy

28 June, 2018

Government proposes amendment to the Jobseeker’s (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013

Minister for Employment says that JSA claimants denied a fair hearing of appeals by retrospective back-to-work scheme legislation will receive sanction refunds

27 June, 2018

Department for Communities announces full backdating for those who were underpaid ESA on migration from incapacity benefit

Northern Ireland Government says it will prioritise paying arrears to the most vulnerable and aim to have all cases reviewed by April 2019

27 June, 2018

Department for Communities assesses impact of the Universal Credit Contingency Fund on claimants in Northern Ireland

New policy screening report also sets out recent changes to eligibility rules that extend the circumstances when grants can be awarded

27 June, 2018

Shirley-Anne Somerville appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People in Scotland

New portfolio created to ensure direct Cabinet oversight of the operational delivery of the new social security system

27 June, 2018

12 per cent decrease in numbers receiving council tax reduction in Scotland

Scottish Government publishes new statistics

26 June, 2018

Government announces start of review exercise for claims affected by the MH Upper Tribunal judgment

DWP will also review claims affected by the three-judge Upper Tribunal judgment in RJ concerning the definition of ‘safely’, and those made by claimants whose main disabling condition is haemarthropathy

26 June, 2018

Effect of Upper Tribunal judgments in MH and RJ on interpreting PIP mobility activity 1

New DWP guidance includes advice on how the different judgment dates of MH and RJ will impact on the effective dates of review decisions

26 June, 2018

Definition of ‘safely’ and measuring risk when completing PIP activities

DWP issues amended guidance further to the Upper Tribunal's decision in 'RJ'

22 June, 2018

SSAC launches consultation on government proposals for managing the migration of claimants on legacy benefits to universal credit

Government says testing of the full managed migration process will start in January 2019 with the intention to increase volumes by July 2019

22 June, 2018

Government must listen to the NAO and stop the roll-out of universal credit, says Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary

Margaret Greenwood urges the Secretary of State to ‘wake up to the misery being caused by her policy’

21 June, 2018

Tax credits amounting to £1.32 billion paid out as a result of error and fraud in 2016/2017

New HMRC statistics show that £55 million of total was paid to people who have since failed to meet conditions to qualify as self-employed

20 June, 2018

Low income households have seen an 11 per cent cut in average income as a result of recent welfare reforms

New report from the IFS also finds that many poorer working households that gain from higher minimum wage rates lose more from ongoing reductions in benefit and tax credits entitlements

20 June, 2018

Government rejects Treasury Committee's recommendation to pay childcare costs in universal credit up front

Instead, government says that claimants can apply for budgeting advances or may get help from the Flexible Support Fund

19 June, 2018

Single payment system in universal credit increases risk of financial abuse

Report from three women's groups recommends exploring methods for couples to nominate separate bank accounts

19 June, 2018

IIAC issues new guidance for diagnosing and assessing disability from occupational disease and injury

Advisory Council says guidance aims to simplify assessment procedures and reduce the risk of appeals

19 June, 2018

Prescribed disease D11 could apply to a claimant who has worked as a coalminer, says IIAC

Advisory Council recommends that this would apply where work has involved 'tunnelling in, or quarrying sandstone or granite'

19 June, 2018

IIAC decides against prescribing connective tissue diseases in workers with exposure to crystalline silica

Advisory Council review concludes that there is insufficient evidence to define a suitable qualifying schedule of exposure