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2 February, 2017

Assessing whether an EEA national is a ‘qualified person’

New Home Office guidance

2 February, 2017

2,300 households were newly subject to the benefit cap in November 2016

New DWP statistics

2 February, 2017

Scottish Government to tender contracts worth £96 million for employment support services

Employability Minister confirms that services will be delivered over nine contract areas to take into account local needs

1 February, 2017

DHPs can be paid to a claimant in receipt of universal credit even where housing costs are paid via a managed payment to landlord

However, Minister for Work and Pensions confirms that managed payment can be removed if local authority require it in order to grant a DHP

1 February, 2017

Inequality increasing as benefit cuts drive down income, says Resolution Foundation

However, new report concludes that policy choices are not intractable and that 'government can choose to pursue a different path'

31 January, 2017

DWP will extend home visiting service to 'all disabled claimants who ask for it', according to Minister for Welfare Delivery

Caroline Nokes also states that DWP will look to reimburse costs where claimants are required to sign on more frequently than fortnightly

31 January, 2017

72 per cent of Scottish Welfare Fund crisis grant applications were successful in second quarter of 2016/2017

New statistics also show that 65 per cent of community care grant applications were successful in the same period

30 January, 2017

Employment support under the new Work and Health Programme to be devolved to London and Manchester

£100 million to be made available to enable the two cities to develop, procure and deliver localised programmes to fit the needs of their residents.

30 January, 2017

DWP launches consultations on closure of jobcentres across England and Wales

Closures will provide an 'opportunity to deliver improved customer services at reduced costs’, says government

30 January, 2017

Welfare supplementary payments for social sector tenants subject to the bedroom tax in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

27 January, 2017

Meaning of ‘temporary interruption’ to full-time education for the purposes of carer’s allowance

New DWP guidance

26 January, 2017

Further roll-out of the universal credit full service

New statutory instrument provides for the expansion of the service between 1 February and 26 April 2017

26 January, 2017

Northern Ireland Government considering flexible payment arrangements for universal credit

Department for Communities looking at twice monthly payments, split payments, and managed payments to landlords

26 January, 2017

DWP publishes proposals to reform Jobcentre Plus offices in light of '20 per cent of office space being under-used'

Minister for Employment says 'vulnerable people will receive home visits and postal claims'

26 January, 2017

Further provisions for the delivery of welfare supplementary payments in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

25 January, 2017

Government responds to Work and Pensions Committee report on ‘intergenerational fairness’

Response reaffirms the government's commitment to the pension triple lock for the length of this Parliament

25 January, 2017

Amendments to council tax reduction schemes in Wales

New statutory instrument

24 January, 2017

Director General of Universal Credit writes to advisers outlining 'explicit consent' process to be used in full service areas

Consent can be given via the online account, on the phone, or at a jobcentre