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7 November, 2016

State pension triple lock is unsustainable and should be replaced, says Work and Pensions Committee

New report also concludes that universal pensioner benefits lead to 'ill-targeted support' and should not be 'off limits' when spending priorities are set in future

4 November, 2016

DWP must update its assessment of expected benefits of universal credit in the light of policy and operational changes

New report from the Public Accounts Committee also expresses disappointment at the 'absence of stretching targets for tackling fraud and error'

4 November, 2016

Reciprocal social security arrangements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

New regulations

4 November, 2016

UK government responds to Scotland’s proposals for its devolved employment support programmes

Scottish Minister for Employability and Training confirms that UK government will respect plans to mitigate the effects of conditionality and sanctions

3 November, 2016

Revocation and replacement of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulation 2006

New statutory instrument

3 November, 2016

20,000 households were subject to the benefit cap at August 2016

New DWP statistics

3 November, 2016

DWP met its deadline for introducing new state pension by making minimum changes to IT systems

New report from the NAO also highlights that it is not yet clear whether the new system will improve understanding of retirement savings

3 November, 2016

Real Time Information system being tested in local authorities to pick up changes in earnings or occupational pensions for housing benefit purposes

DWP advises that service should roll out to all local authorities during 2017

3 November, 2016

Earnings assessment for help with NHS costs amended to take account of universal credit joint claimants' income

New statutory instrument

2 November, 2016

Benefit cap changes and their effect on awards of universal credit

New DWP guidance

2 November, 2016

Scottish claimants will lose more than £2 billion each year by 2021 as a result of welfare reform

New research for the Scottish Social Security Committee also warns that devolution of welfare powers will not in itself reverse the impacts of the cuts

1 November, 2016

More than 300,000 children will be affected by the new benefit cap

New research from the Chartered Institute of Housing shows that the lower cap will extend its impact to smaller families and across all parts of Great Britain

31 October, 2016

Government launches consultation on work, health and disability

Green paper proposes changes to the work capability assessment that will put an end to binary 'can work / can't work' groups

31 October, 2016

Discretion to impose ‘all work-related requirements’ on universal credit claimants by disregarding final earnings

New DWP guidance

31 October, 2016

Treatment of capital in a tax-free childcare account for the purposes of universal credit

New DWP guidance

31 October, 2016

Requests for written reasons made to the Upper Tribunal

New regulations issued in Scotland

31 October, 2016

Changes to weather stations and postcode districts for social fund cold weather payments purposes

New DWP guidance

28 October, 2016

Centre for Social Justice calls on government to reinstate universal credit work allowances to levels before the cuts introduced in the 2015 Budget

Think-tank, chaired by Iain Duncan-Smith, says this would focus help on those who are 'just about managing'

28 October, 2016

Welfare supplementary payments following the introduction of the benefit cap in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

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