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29 July, 2020

Public Accounts Committee launches inquiry into DWP accounts for 2019/2020 in light of record levels of fraud and error

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28 July, 2020 Open access

DWP rejects SSAC’s recommendations for improvement of emergency response to COVID-19

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28 July, 2020

Total value of Scottish Welfare Fund crisis grant awards increased by almost a quarter to £12.9 million in 2019/2020

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28 July, 2020 Open access

Scottish Government to write to more than 20,000 families to promote take-up of Best Start Foods and Best Start Grant

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28 July, 2020

Restriction of Child Winter Heating Assistance eligibility to children on DLA high rate care should be reconsidered, Scottish Commission on Social Security says

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27 July, 2020 Open access

Scottish Government updates guidance for people who are currently shielding to confirm they will not be eligible for SSP on that basis from 1 August 2020

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27 July, 2020

Department for Work and Pensions appoints new Lead Non-Executive Director

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27 July, 2020

Access to income-related benefits for family members of people of Northern Ireland

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24 July, 2020

High Court rules that mandatory reconsideration requirement as it applies to ESA claimants who meet the conditions for payment while appeal pending is unlawful

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24 July, 2020 Open access

DWP confirms that requirement to provide medical evidence has been reintroduced for ESA claims received from 10 July 2020

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24 July, 2020 Open access

COVID-19 benefit policy may soon shift from cushioning income shocks to causing them, says Resolution Foundation

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24 July, 2020

Work and Pensions Committee publishes the terms of reference and minutes of meetings from the DWP’s Serious Case Panel

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‘Premature’ closure of CJRS will push unemployment rate to 10 per cent, says NIESR

Public Accounts Committee launches inquiry into DWP accounts for 2019/2020 in light of record levels of fraud and error

DWP rejects SSAC’s recommendations for improvement of emergency response to COVID-19

Total value of Scottish Welfare Fund crisis grant awards increased by almost a quarter to £12.9 million in 2019/2020

Scottish Government to write to more than 20,000 families to promote take-up of Best Start Foods and Best Start Grant

Restriction of Child Winter Heating Assistance eligibility to children on DLA high rate care should be reconsidered, Scottish Commission on Social Security says

Carers UK launches ‘Recovery Plan’ for unpaid carers as impact of coronavirus pandemic continues

Coalition of housing and homelessness organisations calls on Scottish Government to extend emergency powers against eviction

Claims worth almost £40bn have been made to the Coronavirus Job Retention and Self-Employment Income Support schemes

Scottish Government updates guidance for people who are currently shielding to confirm they will not be eligible for SSP on that basis from 1 August 2020

Legacy of COVID-19 outbreak has shown that ‘radical rethink’ of social care is needed

Homeless applications in Scotland increase by 18 per cent in just one month

Department for Work and Pensions appoints new Lead Non-Executive Director

Employment case law round up

Access to income-related benefits for family members of people of Northern Ireland

High Court rules that mandatory reconsideration requirement as it applies to ESA claimants who meet the conditions for payment while appeal pending is unlawful

DWP confirms that requirement to provide medical evidence has been reintroduced for ESA claims received from 10 July 2020

COVID-19 benefit policy may soon shift from cushioning income shocks to causing them, says Resolution Foundation

Work and Pensions Committee publishes the terms of reference and minutes of meetings from the DWP’s Serious Case Panel