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8 January, 2016

Government responds to Work and Pensions Select Committee’s October 2015 welfare-to-work report

Responding to call for more to be done to support those with complex needs, government highlights ambition to develop a 'more sophisticated segmentation approach'

7 January, 2016

Commons motion calling on the government to reverse its decision to cut the universal credit work allowance defeated by 35 votes

People affected will benefit from improved support, says Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People

6 January, 2016

Advance claims for the new state pension

New DWP guidance

5 January, 2016

Severe visual impairment and the higher rate mobility component of DLA

New DWP guidance advises that regulation 12(1A) continues to apply despite an Upper Tribunal Judge finding it ultra vires

24 December, 2015

Homes of up to 440,000 vulnerable people could be at risk through benefit changes and cuts to social housing rents

Network of more than 100 housing associations calls for exemptions for supported housing schemes

23 December, 2015

Work and Pensions Committee to explore possibility of welfare state based on residency and contributions

Converting eligibility for 'welfare as we know it' would see the most serious reform of welfare since 1945, says Committee Chair

23 December, 2015

Bedroom tax is ‘promoting more effective use of housing stock’ says government

Lord Freud responds to DWP evaluation that found that half of tenants affected by the bedroom tax fail to make up the shortfall in their rent

22 December, 2015

HMRC sets out criteria to identify people at a 'particular disadvantage' who will not be considered for Direct Recovery of Debts

New policy paper confirms that those identified as vulnerable will be given 'alternative support' to help them pay the money they owe.

22 December, 2015

Meaning of a ‘week’ for the purposes of statutory paternity, adoption and shared parental pay

New statutory instrument

22 December, 2015

Uprating of figures for council tax reduction schemes

New statutory instrument

22 December, 2015

National insurance credits and introduction of the new state pension from April 2016

New statutory instrument

21 December, 2015

Work and Pensions Committee expresses concern that day-to-day benefits delivery is being neglected in drives for efficiency and change

Errors and delays can leave vulnerable people in desperate situations, say MPs

21 December, 2015

DWP's approach to universal credit is 'explicitly designed to ensure the service is continuously improved based on user feedback'

Director General of universal credit programme responds to issues raised by Social Security Advisory Committee

21 December, 2015

Overall standard of benefit decision making accuracy in Northern Ireland is 'satisfactory', says Standards Committee

However, Committee finds an unacceptable level of error in relation to overpayments decision making

21 December, 2015

2016/2017 housing benefit administration subsidy arrangements

New DWP guidance

18 December, 2015

Northern Ireland to hold back £30m of tax credit mitigation funding pending outcome of review

Ministerial statement on the Budget for 2016/2017 advises that the remaining £30m will be allocated as part of the budget

18 December, 2015

Government should revitalise employment incentives in universal credit, says Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

New 'State of the Nation' report advises that current welfare-to-work system is incapable of meeting needs of persistently poor households

17 December, 2015

89 per cent of universal credit claimants are in rent arrears

New research also shows that 51 per cent of those affected by the bedroom tax are in rent arrears

17 December, 2015

DCLG consults on proposal to identify £129.6m within 2016/2017 local government settlement for councils to spend on local welfare provision

Proposed allocation does not include extra £74m that was awarded for 2015/2016