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10 June, 2014

Dr Paul Litchfield launches year five call for evidence on the work capability assessment

Information sought on issues including impact of earlier reviews, experience of assessment process and treatment of mental health conditions and learning difficulties

10 June, 2014

‘Changing the supplier’ unlikely to improve work capability assessments, says Atos

Government needs to accept its own policy is part of the problem, Atos tells Work and Pensions Select Committee

10 June, 2014

Recovering social security benefits and lump sum payments from mesothelioma compensation payments

New statutory instrument

9 June, 2014

Changes to social security are a driver of food poverty, say Oxfam, Trussell Trust and Church Action on Poverty

New Report estimates that 49 per cent of people referred to food banks are there due to problems with benefit payments or because they have been refused a crisis loan

9 June, 2014

3.5m children will be in absolute poverty by 2020, says Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

Response to government's draft child poverty strategy warns that aim of reaching 2020 target by getting people into work through welfare reform is not 'remotely realistic'

9 June, 2014

DWP encourages telephone claims for employment and support allowance

Latest edition of Stakeholder Bulletin sets out 'quicker and more efficient service'

9 June, 2014

Child support reciprocal arrangements with Northern Ireland

New statutory instrument amends provisions relating to cases where parents live in different jurisdictions

9 June, 2014

Social security reciprocal agreements with Northern Ireland

New statutory rule updates agreements to take into account introduction of employment and support allowance

9 June, 2014

Increase in value of optical vouchers in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

6 June, 2014

Circumstances in which jobseekers and involuntarily unemployed workers are entitled to a right to reside in the UK

New statutory instrument

6 June, 2014

Miscellaneous amendments to child maintenance scheme

New statutory instrument

6 June, 2014

Council tax support in Wales extended to cover 2015/2016 and 2016/2017

Decision by Welsh ministers means the lowest income households will not have to pay council tax

5 June, 2014

DWP makes decision on less than a quarter of PIP claims in period up to March 2014

First official statistics also include that 50 per cent of decisions not made under special rules led to an award

5 June, 2014

Amendments to Welfare Reform Act 2012 commencement orders

New statutory instrument makes changes relating to introduction of universal credit, including replacement of 'pathfinder group conditions' with 'gateway conditions' for claims from 16 June 2014

5 June, 2014

HMRC publishes tax credits fraud and error statistics for 2012-2013

Estimates, based on random sample of cases, include that over £2bn overpaid whilst £200m underpaid

4 June, 2014

Introduction of ‘Steps 2 Success’ employment scheme in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule provides legal framework for jobseeker's allowance claimants' participation in new scheme

4 June, 2014

Scottish Government sets out social security proposals for independent Scotland

Pledges include increase in carer's allowance, return to uprating by CPI, abolition of work capability assessment and new sanctions regime

3 June, 2014

Obtaining information about PIP awards when records are not available on automated systems

New DWP guidance to local authorities in relation to claims for housing benefit and council tax reduction

2 June, 2014

Direct correlation between welfare reforms and increased use of food banks, say MSPs

New report from Scottish Parliament's Welfare Reform Committee warns that food aid should not 'creep' into welfare state provision