7 July, 2017
7 July, 2017
System is already failing too many people, pushing them into debt and leaving them without the means to make ends meet
7 July, 2017
New statutory rule
6 July, 2017
Scrutiny Committee says that interaction with Criminal Law Act puts third party assessors in an 'invidious position' and makes it likely that women will not claim the benefit they are entitled to
6 July, 2017
New analysis also highlights that 43,000 subject to the cap were lone parents with a youngest child under the age of five
6 July, 2017
New DWP statistics also show that 20 per cent of DHP funding intended to mitigate the effects of the benefit cap was spent on other measures
5 July, 2017
5 July, 2017
Improvements will make it clearer who is eligible for a payment and easier for people to claim
4 July, 2017
Overall value of incorrect payments due to fraud and error is at a ‘material level’, says Comptroller and Auditor General
4 July, 2017
New DWP guidance
3 July, 2017
Minister for Employment adds that claimants were alerted to the policy change by 'high level messaging' on gov.uk
3 July, 2017
Following the fire in Grenfell Tower, roll out has been delayed from 19 July to 4 October 2017
3 July, 2017
New service includes the ability to upload documents, and ‘save and return’ functionality allowing users to revisit applications later
30 June, 2017
Social Security Committee seeks written submissions by 23 August 2017
30 June, 2017
New DWP guidance
29 June, 2017
New statutory instrument provides for the right to request twice monthly payments of universal credit and direct payment of housing costs to landlords
29 June, 2017
New statutory rule
29 June, 2017
Biggest nationwide study on foodbank use to date concludes that severity and chronicity of food insecurity and other forms of destitution are 'serious public health concerns'
29 June, 2017
First annual report on the Scottish Welfare Fund Independent Review Service also highlights that more than 30 per cent of crisis grant decisions were changed during the year
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