8 December, 2016
7 December, 2016
Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls on government to reduce poverty by reversing cuts to the work allowance in universal credit and ending the freeze on working-age benefits
6 December, 2016
Roll out will commence in September 2017 and is expected to be completed by September 2018
5 December, 2016
Dame Carol Black instead recommends improving Jobcentre health information, co-location of health and employment support workers and investment in specialist employment support services
5 December, 2016
Response confirms that Class 2 contributions will be abolished and replaced by zero-rated Class 4 contributions
2 December, 2016
New tribunal practice statement sets out functions to be delegated to legally qualified staff appointed under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
2 December, 2016
1 December, 2016
Government says that the appointment of a successor DWP Minister in the House of Lords will be announced in due course
1 December, 2016
Work and Pensions Select Committee finds that HMRC was not only complicit in process but put pressure on Concentrix to subject more claimants to it
1 December, 2016
Minister for Disabled People also announces plans to extend access to Motability to claimants not in receipt of enhanced rate mobility component
1 December, 2016
Review will, in part, assess the effectiveness of universal credit and jobcentres to deliver support to self-employed claimants
30 November, 2016
New report also finds that sanctions are applied inconsistently and are linked as much to management priorities and local staff discretion as claimants’ behaviour
30 November, 2016
Minister for Disabled People says draft regulations relating to the change to the work-related activity component will be brought forward 'in due course'
29 November, 2016
New statistics from the Scottish Government also show that the average award was £512, typically to cover shortfalls in housing costs
28 November, 2016
New housing benefit guidance
28 November, 2016
New statutory instrument
28 November, 2016
New statutory instrument
25 November, 2016
Report into 'crisis in the justice system' suggests that Department should face levy if too many claimants succeed in challenging decisions on their benefit entitlement
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