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30 June, 2020 Open access

Number of new universal credit claims during week to 23 June 2020 fell by around 10 per cent on previous week’s total

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30 June, 2020 Open access

Total value of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims rises to more than £25 billion

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30 June, 2020

NAO qualifies opinion on DWP accounts for 2019/2020 due to highest ever rate of overpayments

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30 June, 2020 Open access

Ofgem proposes formal requirement on energy suppliers to offer and monitor repayment rates based on a customer’s ability to pay

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30 June, 2020 Open access

Temporary amendment of tribunal procedure rules on access to recordings of remote hearings during coronavirus outbreak

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30 June, 2020

IPPR calls on government to adopt ‘living rent’ approach to help increase supply of affordable housing

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30 June, 2020

Scottish Government publishes first statistics on young carer grant applications and awards

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29 June, 2020 Open access

Conditionality and benefit sanctions to be reintroduced this week, Work and Pensions Secretary confirms

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29 June, 2020

High Court considers whether self-contained accommodation without a fridge, cooker or bed, is ‘suitable’ for homeless applicant within meaning of section 206 of the Housing Act 1996

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29 June, 2020 Open access

Wages element of pensions triple lock will lead to ‘outsized’ growth of state pension over next two years, Resolution Foundation warns

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29 June, 2020 Open access

Scottish Government calls for extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for hardest-hit sectors

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29 June, 2020 Open access

Reopening jobcentres to the public could create a ‘perfect storm’, warns Public and Commercial Services Union

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29 June, 2020 Open access

Boldness of CJRS must be followed by equally bold wage subsidy measures to protect jobs in next, more challenging, phase of jobs crisis, says Resolution Foundation

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29 June, 2020

Cabinet Office launches call for evidence on fairness in government debt management

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29 June, 2020

Labour Party seeks views to help shape its commitment to developing a ‘complete replacement’ for universal credit

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29 June, 2020

Government issues new statutory guidance on improving access to social housing for members of the Armed Forces

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29 June, 2020

Employment case law round up

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26 June, 2020 Open access

Government issues further ‘Treasury Direction’ in relation to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

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26 June, 2020 Open access

Ministry of Justice confirms that video hearings are being made available across all Social Security and Child Support Tribunal regions

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