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20 February, 2019

Changes to universal credit ‘have not gone far enough’, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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20 February, 2019

Exclusion of mixed-age couples from entitlement to pension credit and pension age housing benefit

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20 February, 2019

Abolition of child tax credit and working tax credit from 1 February 2019

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20 February, 2019

DWP issues guidance on civil certificates issued by other EU Member States

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20 February, 2019

Housing benefit administration subsidy arrangements for local authorities in 2019/2020

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19 February, 2019

14 per cent of households on universal credit in November 2018 were not receiving a payment

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19 February, 2019

2.8 per cent of universal credit claimants who were subject to conditionality had benefit reduced due to a sanction

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19 February, 2019

LGA highlights risk that councils' ability to identify people at risk of homelessness will be negatively impacted by universal credit roll-out

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19 February, 2019

More than 50 per cent of universal credit claimants in the social rented sector fail to provide required details of tenancy

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18 February, 2019

DWP to run pilots to 'actively explain and promote' more frequent payments when people first claim universal credit

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18 February, 2019

Coalition of charities calls for lift on benefit freeze and an end to five-week wait for universal credit

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18 February, 2019

Local authority's management of Housing Benefit Data Matching Process was not so deficient as to amount to an official error when considering recovery of overpayment

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15 February, 2019

DWP estimates that exclusion of mixed-age couples from entitlement to pension credit will save £220 million in 2021/2022

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15 February, 2019

Pilot scheme testing universal credit in-work conditionality to be extended for further 12 months

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Changes to universal credit ‘have not gone far enough’, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Exclusion of mixed-age couples from entitlement to pension credit and pension age housing benefit

London Underground Ltd v Amissah & Ors

Abolition of child tax credit and working tax credit from 1 February 2019

DWP issues guidance on civil certificates issued by other EU Member States

Housing benefit administration subsidy arrangements for local authorities in 2019/2020

14 per cent of households on universal credit in November 2018 were not receiving a payment

2.8 per cent of universal credit claimants who were subject to conditionality had benefit reduced due to a sanction

LGA highlights risk that councils' ability to identify people at risk of homelessness will be negatively impacted by universal credit roll-out

More than 50 per cent of universal credit claimants in the social rented sector fail to provide required details of tenancy

DWP to run pilots to 'actively explain and promote' more frequent payments when people first claim universal credit

Coalition of charities calls for lift on benefit freeze and an end to five-week wait for universal credit

Local authority's management of Housing Benefit Data Matching Process was not so deficient as to amount to an official error when considering recovery of overpayment

New regulations issued in Scotland in relation to the First-tier Tribunal Housing & Property Chamber

Tenant Fees Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2019

Employment case law round up

DWP estimates that exclusion of mixed-age couples from entitlement to pension credit will save £220 million in 2021/2022

Consultation launched on changes to rules relating to enforcement of possession orders

Pilot scheme testing universal credit in-work conditionality to be extended for further 12 months