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22 January, 2021 Open access

Government’s Covid-19 response has seen it ‘scrambling’ to reverse the cuts to DWP staff numbers made over the past 10 years

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22 January, 2021 Open access

Government provides update on cases where PIP claimants will not have had their award extended as a result of Covid-19

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22 January, 2021

DWP announces first Local Partnership Agreements with HM Prison and Probation Service to support offenders to prepare for release from prison

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22 January, 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights launches call for evidence on government’s independent review of the Human Rights Act

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22 January, 2021

Ensuring that EEA nationals can continue to be awarded funeral expenses payment where funeral is taking place in the UK

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21 January, 2021 Open access

DWP confirms plan to deploy 450 more staff to its Debt Management service telephone line to ensure target of answering 90 per cent of calls is met

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21 January, 2021 Open access

Scottish Government urged to commit to work toward a Minimum Income Guarantee for all

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21 January, 2021 Open access

DWP has been ‘far too slow’ to provide its staff with the kit needed to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic

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21 January, 2021 Open access

Covid crisis is creating a ‘child poverty timebomb’, warns Children’s Commissioner

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21 January, 2021 Open access

DWP has ‘no plans’ to extend time limit for payment of contributory ESA where claimants have reached 365-day limit but not had work capability assessment

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20 January, 2021

Northern Ireland Communities Minister instructs Department to look at in-house PIP assessment model, as recommended in second independent review of PIP assessment process

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20 January, 2021

Communities Minister confirms Northern Ireland Executive’s commitment to prioritise existing welfare reform mitigations in 2021/2022

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19 January, 2021 Open access

Jobcentres ‘should be closed now’, says Public and Commercial Services Union

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Scottish Government introduces measures to prevent mortgage possession enforcement action during Covid-19 pandemic

Government’s Covid-19 response has seen it ‘scrambling’ to reverse the cuts to DWP staff numbers made over the past 10 years

Government provides update on cases where PIP claimants will not have had their award extended as a result of Covid-19

Court of Appeal considers the extent of the Employment Tribunal’s power to make a disclosure order against a person outside Great Britain

DWP announces first Local Partnership Agreements with HM Prison and Probation Service to support offenders to prepare for release from prison

Joint Committee on Human Rights launches call for evidence on government’s independent review of the Human Rights Act

Ensuring that EEA nationals can continue to be awarded funeral expenses payment where funeral is taking place in the UK

DWP confirms plan to deploy 450 more staff to its Debt Management service telephone line to ensure target of answering 90 per cent of calls is met

Scottish Government urged to commit to work toward a Minimum Income Guarantee for all

DWP has been ‘far too slow’ to provide its staff with the kit needed to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid crisis is creating a ‘child poverty timebomb’, warns Children’s Commissioner

DWP has ‘no plans’ to extend time limit for payment of contributory ESA where claimants have reached 365-day limit but not had work capability assessment

Northern Ireland Government confirms intention to introduce parental bereavement leave and pay entitlement akin to that already in force in Great Britain

Welsh Government increases funding for Carers Support Fund to help more unpaid carers cope with extra costs of Covid-19

HMRC must urgently explain why some taxpayers have had no support during Covid-19 pandemic, say MPs

Northern Ireland Communities Minister instructs Department to look at in-house PIP assessment model, as recommended in second independent review of PIP assessment process

Communities Minister confirms Northern Ireland Executive’s commitment to prioritise existing welfare reform mitigations in 2021/2022

Jobcentres ‘should be closed now’, says Public and Commercial Services Union

Government confirms that it has no plans to change how the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme operates in relation to working parents