20 September, 2023
20 September, 2023
New DWP guidance following the Court of Appeal decision in 'Harrington'
20 September, 2023
New guidance advises that underlying entitlement will cease when surviving spouse, civil partner or cohabiting partner enters new cohabiting partnership on or after 9 February 2023
20 September, 2023
Minster says Additional Jobcentre Support Pilot will now test provision of an additional week of daily support for eligible claimants after their first assessment period
20 September, 2023
DfC Annual Report on decision-making and financial accuracy also highlights continued increased pressure on staff, and difficulties in recruiting and training new workers
19 September, 2023
New DWP statistics also show that almost three-quarters of capped households were single parent families
19 September, 2023
19 September, 2023
New DWP research finds that claimants often face multiple barriers to applying online, which together make the digital option 'prohibitively difficult'
19 September, 2023
Research used to inform recommendations explores claimants' understanding of what supporting information should be provided and whether they feel it is considered fairly, in addition to looking at the impact it has on decision-making
19 September, 2023
New figures show that 97 per cent of eligible care leavers signed up to pilot, with more than a quarter of participants opting to have payments made directly to landlords
18 September, 2023
Law Centre Northern Ireland highlights that case concerns a low earning parent whose child benefit award was transferred to her ex-spouse who was subject to the high income child benefit tax charge
15 September, 2023
Information supplied in response to FOI request on how Department considers whether Upper Tribunal decision in SSWP v AT applies, and whether to unstay cases and pay universal credit pending outcome of its appeal to Court of Appeal
14 September, 2023
New statistics from the Ministry of Justice also highlight that the average time to dispose of a case is 27 weeks
14 September, 2023
Minister says however that the situation shouldn't arise because the Department keeps a record where it has previously verified information or evidence
14 September, 2023
New quarterly statistics also show that almost three in ten of all claimants are claiming universal credit on health grounds
14 September, 2023
Minister provides update on further reduction in jobcentre estate bringing it towards target of reducing provision to pre-pandemic levels
14 September, 2023
Immigration minister says that updated list will be published on 5 October 2023 alongside redrafted guidance for Home Office caseworkers on applying the NRPF policy
14 September, 2023
Statutory instrument also makes consequential, miscellaneous and transitional provision in connection with the introduction of the new form of carer’s assistance
13 September, 2023
Reports that officials looking to adopt increase of 7.8 per cent to reflect annual growth in earnings without bonuses, rather than figure of 8.5 per cent which includes one-off bonuses to public sector staff
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