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5 March, 2020 Open access

Select Committee questions Secretary of State about DWP’s response to the Coronavirus outbreak

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5 March, 2020

DWP announces continuation of £2,500 ‘relevant threshold’ for purposes of calculating surplus earnings under universal credit

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5 March, 2020

Immigration and Social Security Bill introduced to House of Commons includes provision to end free movement of EU citizens under UK law

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5 March, 2020

Parliamentary Ombudsman finds DWP at fault for failing to properly communicate potential negative impacts of state pension reforms in 2016

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5 March, 2020

Earnings factors for the calculation of an additional state pension

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5 March, 2020

Housing benefit administration subsidy arrangements for local authorities in 2020/2021

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4 March, 2020 Open access

Government to allow payment of SSP from the first day of sickness in the case of a person self-isolating as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19)

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4 March, 2020

Department for Communities launches second independent review of PIP in Northern Ireland

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4 March, 2020

Almost six in ten universal credit claims had a deduction applied as at November 2019

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4 March, 2020

Total value of outstanding housing benefit overpayments begins to fall as universal credit rolls out

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3 March, 2020 Open access

Government says it is ‘absolutely our intention’ that claimants will not face benefit sanctions if choosing to self-isolate because of coronavirus

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3 March, 2020 Open access

TUC calls for changes to statutory sick pay rules for workers affected by coronavirus

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3 March, 2020

Membership of the Work and Pensions Committee for the new Parliament agreed

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2 March, 2020

Government to trial new integrated assessment service for ESA, PIP and universal credit in small ‘Transformation Area’

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Select Committee questions Secretary of State about DWP’s response to the Coronavirus outbreak

DWP announces continuation of £2,500 ‘relevant threshold’ for purposes of calculating surplus earnings under universal credit

Immigration and Social Security Bill introduced to House of Commons includes provision to end free movement of EU citizens under UK law

Parliamentary Ombudsman finds DWP at fault for failing to properly communicate potential negative impacts of state pension reforms in 2016

Earnings factors for the calculation of an additional state pension

Housing benefit administration subsidy arrangements for local authorities in 2020/2021

Almost a fifth of homes in England don’t meet basic decent homes standards

Judge Barry Clarke appointed President of the Employment Tribunals in England and Wales

Government to allow payment of SSP from the first day of sickness in the case of a person self-isolating as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19)

Department for Communities launches second independent review of PIP in Northern Ireland

Almost six in ten universal credit claims had a deduction applied as at November 2019

Ombudsman has to intervene a second time after council fails to complete disabled woman’s financial assessment following previous upheld complaint

Increase of limits applying to certain awards of employment tribunals and other sums payable under employment legislation

Total value of outstanding housing benefit overpayments begins to fall as universal credit rolls out

Government says it is ‘absolutely our intention’ that claimants will not face benefit sanctions if choosing to self-isolate because of coronavirus

TUC calls for changes to statutory sick pay rules for workers affected by coronavirus

Membership of the Work and Pensions Committee for the new Parliament agreed

Stigma is a key barrier to seeking help with debt, says Money Advice Scotland

Government to trial new integrated assessment service for ESA, PIP and universal credit in small ‘Transformation Area’