18 October, 2017
18 October, 2017
New housing benefit guidance
18 October, 2017
DWP issues new housing benefit guidance
18 October, 2017
New DWP statistics show that this represents a 4 per cent increase on the previous month's claimant count
17 October, 2017
Response to Scottish Affairs Committee report also defends the government’s decision not to share details of jobcentre closure proposals with the Scottish Government prior to publication
17 October, 2017
Responses to written questions also show that ratio of claimants to work coaches is 140 to 1
17 October, 2017
16 October, 2017
Work and Pensions Committee chair Frank Field says whether it is down to deliberate concealment or incompetence, either way it is not good enough
16 October, 2017
Letter to David Gauke highlights that current guidance already allowed same day payment of an advance
16 October, 2017
Response to Public Accounts Committee report also agrees to monitor variations, and assess reasons for differences, in the use of sanctions across jobcentres
16 October, 2017
New statutory instrument
16 October, 2017
Response to Public Account Committee report also confirms that no private sector provider will be used for tax credit compliance work in future
13 October, 2017
New report from the IFS concludes current approach to housing benefit leaves it 'vulnerable to becoming increasingly irrelevant with respect to its purpose'
11 October, 2017
Government says that the appointment of a successor will be announced in due course
11 October, 2017
New DWP guidance
11 October, 2017
New report finds that sanctions, and the fear of being sanctioned, are leading to worsening mental health of parents, with knock-on negative impacts on children
11 October, 2017
Problems highlighted include limited availability of digital help and high costs of calling the universal credit helpline
11 October, 2017
New research shows that cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow will be most severely affected
11 October, 2017
First official statistics also show that the average clearance time is 13 weeks
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