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24 February, 2017

Scottish Social Security Committee launches call for evidence on Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill

Evidence will help to inform the Committee's views on the general principles of the Bill

23 February, 2017

Government announces amendments to PIP regulations to ‘restore the original aim of the benefit’

However, Minister confirms that, due to urgency of amendments, they have not been referred to SSAC

23 February, 2017

SSAC report and government response on regulations linking universal credit benefit cap earnings exception to the National Living Wage

Government rejects recommendation to protect apprentices on the National Minimum Wage from the new earnings exception limit from April 2017

23 February, 2017

Scottish Social Security Bill will be based on ‘fairness, dignity and respect’

However, Minister highlights that UK Government has not confirmed that additional income paid by Scottish Government will not be offset by reductions in UK benefit system

23 February, 2017

Miscellaneous amendments to the council tax reduction scheme in Scotland

New statutory instrument

22 February, 2017

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into the benefit cap and how it affects British households

Government needs to be challenged to put much more resources in helping families whose benefits are going to be cut, says Chair

22 February, 2017

Work and Pensions Committee relaunches inquiry into universal credit

Adverse impact on claimants, local authorities, landlords and charities has left the Committee 'compelled to investigate yet again', says Chair

22 February, 2017

Bill to restrict call charges for contacting DWP and other government departments introduced to House of Commons

Private Member's Bill expected to receive second reading on 24 March 2017

22 February, 2017

More than 5 per cent of income support lone parent claims were sanctioned during 2015/2016

New DWP statistics

21 February, 2017

Government to introduce ‘service user panels’ to get feedback on PIP and ESA

Minister says panels will create 'real-time feedback' from across the whole country

21 February, 2017

MPs raise concerns about 'unexplained variations' in the use of benefit sanctions across jobcentres and providers

New report from the Public Accounts Committee calls for government to issue warnings rather than sanctions for first offences

20 February, 2017

SSAC responds to consultation on work, health and disability

Government should adopt a range of ‘test and learn approaches’ when designing services to help disabled people into work

17 February, 2017

Families with three or more children will not be able to make a new claim for universal credit from 6 April 2017

DWP issues reminder to local authority housing benefit staff

16 February, 2017

New role of Director General of Universal Credit Operations created

Post is taken up by Susan Park who will be accountable for operation of universal credit across jobcentres and service centres

16 February, 2017

Bereavement support payment and reciprocal agreements

New statutory instrument

15 February, 2017

15 per cent of social housing tenants who claim housing benefit are subject to the bedroom tax

New DWP statistics show average weekly reduction in housing benefit is £15.22

15 February, 2017

Frozen benefit rates have contributed towards more people living below the Minimum Income Standard

New report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds that 30 per cent of people now live on inadequate incomes

15 February, 2017

More than two million adverse JSA sanction decisions have been made since new sanction regime started in October 2012

New DWP statistics also show that more than 8 per cent are high level sanctions

15 February, 2017

Number of universal credit claimants hits 450,000

New DWP statistics also show that, of these, 39 per cent are in employment