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4 November, 2020 Open access

DWP confirms that action will now be taken where claimant fails to attend ESA or universal credit telephone health assessment without good reason

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4 November, 2020

Social security and employment support provision in Scotland and the wider UK ‘do not effectively recognise mental health’

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4 November, 2020 Open access

Miscellaneous amendments to social security regulations, including extension of the period over which the minimum income floor rules are relaxed

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4 November, 2020 Open access

Extension of period when coronavirus-related breaks in care do not affect entitlement to carer’s allowance in Scotland

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3 November, 2020 Open access

Suspension of Minimum Income Floor in universal credit extended to end of April 2021

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3 November, 2020 Open access

Health Secretary concedes that government’s COVID-19 app is missing the button that people are meant to use to help them access the £500 self-isolation payment

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3 November, 2020

Welsh Government sets out new Income Maximisation Action Plan to help tackle child poverty

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3 November, 2020

Disregarding of Scottish Child Payment for the purposes of means-tested benefits

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2 November, 2020 Open access

Courts and tribunals in England will continue to operate during the lockdown being introduced from 5 November 2020

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2 November, 2020 Open access

Start of COVID-19 pandemic saw the highest number of people claiming council tax support in England since records began in 2015

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2 November, 2020 Open access

Almost a third of children in Wales are living in poverty, with the majority in families receiving income-related benefits

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Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into disability employment gap

Scottish Government seeks clarification of whether furlough payments can continue in Scotland after the extended Job Retention Scheme comes to an end

DWP confirms that action will now be taken where claimant fails to attend ESA or universal credit telephone health assessment without good reason

Social security and employment support provision in Scotland and the wider UK ‘do not effectively recognise mental health’

FCA proposes three month extension to deadline for requesting consumer credit payment deferrals as a result of ongoing impacts of coronavirus

Miscellaneous amendments to social security regulations, including extension of the period over which the minimum income floor rules are relaxed

Extension of period when coronavirus-related breaks in care do not affect entitlement to carer’s allowance in Scotland

Suspension of Minimum Income Floor in universal credit extended to end of April 2021

Health Secretary concedes that government’s COVID-19 app is missing the button that people are meant to use to help them access the £500 self-isolation payment

Welsh Government sets out new Income Maximisation Action Plan to help tackle child poverty

FCA announces further proposals to enhance support for mortgage borrowers impacted by coronavirus

Labour calls on government to urgently re-start ‘Everyone In’ initiative to protect rough sleepers over the winter period

Disregarding of Scottish Child Payment for the purposes of means-tested benefits

Northern Ireland Communities Minister outlines plans to address the ‘most significant’ challenges facing the region’s housing system

Support through Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to be doubled from 40 to 80 per cent of average trading profits, Prime Minister announces

Courts and tribunals in England will continue to operate during the lockdown being introduced from 5 November 2020

Start of COVID-19 pandemic saw the highest number of people claiming council tax support in England since records began in 2015

Almost a third of children in Wales are living in poverty, with the majority in families receiving income-related benefits

Debt charity finds ‘widespread unfairness’ in debt collection practices of both central and local government