2 May, 2024
1 May, 2024
DWP issues guidance while waiting for Court of Appeal to hear its appeal against Upper Tribunal's decision in SSWP v WV
1 May, 2024
However, DWP Minister advises that Universal Support will help up to 100,000 people into work each year once fully rolled out
1 May, 2024
New figures also show that at constituency level the shortfall ranges between £75 and £151 per month across universal credit and housing benefit households
30 April, 2024
Letter from DWP Permanent Secretary points to the population's underlying propensity to commit fraud in explaining why benefit overpayments will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2027/2028
30 April, 2024
DWP guidance confirms that changes take effect from 6 April 2024 so that Class 2 contributions are no longer deducted when calculating self-employed net income
30 April, 2024
30 April, 2024
Introducing his annual report for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, John Duffy also suggests that a proper and thorough functional assessment of claimants can not be carried out over the phone
29 April, 2024
Proposals include changing the eligibility criteria for PIP, removing the assessment process for specific health conditions or disabilities, and exploring alternative approaches to ongoing cash support such as one-off grants or vouchers
29 April, 2024
Letter to DWP Permanent Secretary raises concerns about the Department's sudden announcement of change to ESA managed migration dates without updating the Committee during its ongoing inquiry
29 April, 2024
SSAC says exemption is needed in order to limit negative impacts of increased conditionality on claimants, particularly those in vulnerable situations
26 April, 2024
Public Accounts Committee calls on the DWP to ensure that legacy benefit claimants are not 'cast into financial hardship due to a bureaucratic change'
26 April, 2024
However, Minister says that, with increased demands on services and rising costs, allocations won’t provide sufficient funding for departments to do everything they want
25 April, 2024
Responding to publication of new report, coalition of Deaf and Disabled Peoples' Organisations says it is a 'much-needed counter to government rhetoric claiming they are protecting the most vulnerable'
25 April, 2024
Work and Pensions Minister also confirms that, over the same period, 225 administrative penalties have been accepted with a total value of more than £410,000
25 April, 2024
DWP Minister confirms that draft code will be available in summer 2024 before Department carries out a 'test and learn' exercise in early 2025
25 April, 2024
While update broadly follows previous guidance, Department provides a further explanation of its position on the impact of payments from the Fund on people with no recourse to public funds
24 April, 2024
Department also tells Work and Pensions Committee that, while it will not comment on individual cases, 'what we see in the paper isn't always the whole picture'
24 April, 2024
Justice Minister says evidence and insight acquired will be used to identify and evaluate changes to 'better enable citizens' access to justice or to achieve value for money'
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