19 December, 2016
Relocation of services described as an opportunity to deliver improved customer service at reduced cost
19 December, 2016
New statutory rule
19 December, 2016
Work and Pensions Committee also finds that job-ready ex-offenders are potentially dismissed by Jobcentre Plus as 'hard cases'
16 December, 2016
New DWP guidance
15 December, 2016
Draft budget for 2017/2018 also confirms that funding for the Scottish Welfare Fund will be sustained
14 December, 2016
14 December, 2016
However, new DWP statistics also show that the likelihood of being sanctioned in any given month does not substantially change as total time on JSA increases
14 December, 2016
New DWP statistics also show that 22 per cent of mandatory reconsiderations of reassessed DLA decisions led to a change in award
14 December, 2016
New DWP statistics also show that more than 37,000 claimants were subject to in-work conditionality in November 2016
14 December, 2016
MPs agree that breach of the spending limit due to higher than forecast inflation and spend on disability benefits is justified and that no further debate is required
13 December, 2016
However, new report from NPI also shows that local authorities who retained former council tax benefit scheme have seen a decrease in uncollected tax
12 December, 2016
New statutory instrument
12 December, 2016
New statutory rule
9 December, 2016
Regulations to implement changes are expected to be brought into force in Spring 2017
9 December, 2016
Report concludes that schools found support offered by Jobcentre staff added value to their careers curriculum and filled gaps in current provision
9 December, 2016
Welfare Reform Minister agrees to conduct further pre-regulatory consultation with health experts on issues affecting 18-21 year olds
8 December, 2016
New DWP statistics advise that this could partly be due to updated guidance on the application of risk introduced in January 2016
8 December, 2016
New Ministry of Justice statistics report that this represents a five percent increase on the same quarter the previous year
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