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10 July, 2019

Tribunal should have considered claimant's audio-recording and transcript of HCP assessment even if recording was made covertly

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9 July, 2019

DWP estimates that 10 per cent of universal credit advances are potentially fraudulent

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9 July, 2019

Work and Pensions Committee questions DWP about BBC report on universal credit advances fraud

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9 July, 2019

DWP introduces ‘light touch’ 10 year reviews for existing PIP claimants over state pension age

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9 July, 2019

Whether absence of treatment is an adequate basis from which to infer existence of function / observations on the use of standard wording in written statements of reasons

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9 July, 2019

DWP applied almost 100,000 civil penalties in year from July 2018 to June 2019

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8 July, 2019

DWP sets out changes to design and availability of universal credit payments information in claimants’ online accounts

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8 July, 2019

DWP developing ‘estimated award tool’ to help claimants understand their potential universal credit award

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8 July, 2019

DWP recognises link between changes to welfare and increased use of foodbanks, says Department for Communities Permanent Secretary

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8 July, 2019

Amount which can be deducted from benefits towards child maintenance arrears to increase from £1.20 to £8.40 a week

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8 July, 2019

Basic condition of being in Great Britain can be met with a right to reside that falls outside situations in regulation 9(4) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

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8 July, 2019

New data matching rule to be introduced to reduce duplication of housing benefit and universal credit housing costs payments

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Landlord ending assured shorthold tenancy in probationary period not obliged by section 21(1B) of Housing Act 1998 to provide six months' notice in addition to two months' notice required by section 21(1)(b)

Tribunal should have considered claimant's audio-recording and transcript of HCP assessment even if recording was made covertly

Private renting unaffordable for working families on low wages in two-thirds of the country

DWP estimates that 10 per cent of universal credit advances are potentially fraudulent

Work and Pensions Committee questions DWP about BBC report on universal credit advances fraud

DWP introduces ‘light touch’ 10 year reviews for existing PIP claimants over state pension age

More than two thirds of carers regularly fund care and support out of their own money

Whether absence of treatment is an adequate basis from which to infer existence of function / observations on the use of standard wording in written statements of reasons

StepChange calls for greater regulation of ‘subprime’ credit cards to protect borrowers from high cost debt trap

20 per cent of self-employed sole traders don’t survive one year, and 60 per cent don’t survive five

DWP applied almost 100,000 civil penalties in year from July 2018 to June 2019

DWP sets out changes to design and availability of universal credit payments information in claimants’ online accounts

DWP developing ‘estimated award tool’ to help claimants understand their potential universal credit award

DWP recognises link between changes to welfare and increased use of foodbanks, says Department for Communities Permanent Secretary

Amount which can be deducted from benefits towards child maintenance arrears to increase from £1.20 to £8.40 a week

Welsh Government to consult on extending notice period for no-fault evictions in the private rented sector

Basic condition of being in Great Britain can be met with a right to reside that falls outside situations in regulation 9(4) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

New data matching rule to be introduced to reduce duplication of housing benefit and universal credit housing costs payments

Government launches pilot to increase use of earnings deductions to recover unpaid council tax