Welfare rights news

9 September, 2015

Value of identified housing benefit overpayments up by 22 per cent in 2014/2015 compared to previous year

New DWP statistics also show that approximately 6 per cent of fraud referrals resulted in a successful prosecution or accepted administrative penalty

9 September, 2015

Welfare Reform and Work Bill is 'compatible with European Convention on Human Rights', according to DWP

Government sets out its justification in memorandum to the Joint Committee on Human Rights

8 September, 2015

SSAC raises concerns about lack of analysis to support proposed abolition of work allowances for specific claimants within universal credit

Additionally Committee urges the government to collect more data before bringing forward further secondary legislation in relation to support for mortgage interest

7 September, 2015

Families on out-of-work benefits will only have half of income needed for acceptable living standard by 2020, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

New analysis of changes introduced by 2015 Summer Budget also finds that most working families will be net losers with single parents worst affected

3 September, 2015

End of year adjustment of Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme payments

New HB guidance following feedback that local authorities concerned about 'cliff edge' nature of payments

2 September, 2015

‘No sensible rationale’ for state pension triple lock, says new JRF report

Policy is 'poorly designed' concludes new research carried out by the Institute for Fiscal Studies

2 September, 2015

LGA calls for 'risk and reward' system to encourage local partners to 'offer more services to' ESA and long-term JSA claimants

Local Government Association highlights that, currently, even if local areas are successful at reducing claimant numbers, only 7p in every £1 saved is retained locally

2 September, 2015

'Little support' for the view that welfare reform is having important and positive impacts on the labour market in Scotland

Scottish Welfare Reform Committee publishes new report from Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Glasgow

2 September, 2015

Scottish Government to bring forward a Social Security Bill in first year of the new Parliament

Bill will include measures to 'address weaknesses' in universal credit and the abolition of the bedroom tax

1 September, 2015

Government rejects SSAC’s recommendation to draw up clear guidelines for local welfare assistance

Response to review of localisation and social security also confirms that there will no further analysis of whether the new system is delivering better outcomes than the social fund

27 August, 2015

DWP release statistics on mortality rates for those on out-of-work working age benefits

'Information cannot be used as evidence to support a link or otherwise between mortality and benefit receipt' says DWP

26 August, 2015

DWP confirms details of further roll out of PIP to those with long term or indefinite DLA award

Claimants in a further 29 postcodes to be invited to claim from 1 September 2015

26 August, 2015

Almost 240,000 young people took up work experience between April 2012 and May 2015

New Youth Contract statistics also show that, during course of wage incentive programme, payments made for a total of just under 36,500 individuals

26 August, 2015

43,800 sanctions imposed on lone parent income support claimants in year to March 2015

New DWP statistics show that this represents 6 per cent of client base

25 August, 2015

Scottish local authorities awarded 84,000 discretionary housing payments betweeen April and June 2015

New statistics also show that total value of awards spent or committed across Scotland was £40.5m

24 August, 2015

Iain Duncan Smith signals reform of WCA to focus 'on what a claimant can do and the support they'll need - and not just on what they can't do'

In speech today, Work and Pensions Secretary also pledges to halve gap between employment rate of disabled and non-disabled people

21 August, 2015

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Value of identified housing benefit overpayments up by 22 per cent in 2014/2015 compared to previous year

New DWP statistics also show that approximately 6 per cent of fraud referrals resulted in a successful prosecution or accepted administrative penalty

Welfare Reform and Work Bill is 'compatible with European Convention on Human Rights', according to DWP

SSAC raises concerns about lack of analysis to support proposed abolition of work allowances for specific claimants within universal credit

Families on out-of-work benefits will only have half of income needed for acceptable living standard by 2020, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

End of year adjustment of Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme payments

‘No sensible rationale’ for state pension triple lock, says new JRF report

LGA calls for 'risk and reward' system to encourage local partners to 'offer more services to' ESA and long-term JSA claimants

Local Government Association highlights that, currently, even if local areas are successful at reducing claimant numbers, only 7p in every £1 saved is retained locally

'Little support' for the view that welfare reform is having important and positive impacts on the labour market in Scotland

Scottish Government to bring forward a Social Security Bill in first year of the new Parliament

Government rejects SSAC’s recommendation to draw up clear guidelines for local welfare assistance

DWP release statistics on mortality rates for those on out-of-work working age benefits

DWP confirms details of further roll out of PIP to those with long term or indefinite DLA award

Almost 240,000 young people took up work experience between April 2012 and May 2015

43,800 sanctions imposed on lone parent income support claimants in year to March 2015

Scottish local authorities awarded 84,000 discretionary housing payments betweeen April and June 2015

Iain Duncan Smith signals reform of WCA to focus 'on what a claimant can do and the support they'll need - and not just on what they can't do'

Help with NHS optical charges and payments in Wales

Government to publish mortality statistics for people on out-of-work benefits

PIP overtakes ESA as most common problem presented to Citizens Advice