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12 February, 2019

Difficulties accessing money at start of universal credit claims could have been 'main issue' leading to increased food bank use, concedes Secretary of State

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12 February, 2019

DWP confirms that Post Office Card Account contract to end in November 2021

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12 February, 2019

Tribunals are normally required to obtain information about the nature of a claimant's conflicting appointment that led to a postponement application

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11 February, 2019

Government has 'failed utterly' to grasp the seriousness of the impact of its counter-productive sanctions regime, say MPs

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11 February, 2019

Tribunal fails to make clear findings as to frequency of night time care needs of child DLA claimant when refusing award

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11 February, 2019

DHP allocations for 2019/2020 for local authorities in England and Wales

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8 February, 2019

DWP aims to make severe disability premium transitional payments within six months of managed migration regulations being laid

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8 February, 2019

Best start grant payments made in first two months of new benefit exceed amount DWP paid out over a year

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8 February, 2019

Introduction of a universal credit earnings threshold for entitlement to free school meals in Wales

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8 February, 2019

Miscellaneous amendments to Scotland’s council tax reduction scheme from April 2019

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7 February, 2019

Ministry of Justice publishes strategy to 'help people resolve legal problems at the earliest opportunity'

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7 February, 2019

More than 200,000 households have been subject to the benefit cap since its introduction in April 2013

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Exemption of care leavers from paying council tax in Wales from 1 April 2019

Difficulties accessing money at start of universal credit claims could have been 'main issue' leading to increased food bank use, concedes Secretary of State

DWP confirms that Post Office Card Account contract to end in November 2021

SFGB extends Money Advice Service debt advice funding agreements to March 2020

Tribunals are normally required to obtain information about the nature of a claimant's conflicting appointment that led to a postponement application

Government has 'failed utterly' to grasp the seriousness of the impact of its counter-productive sanctions regime, say MPs

Zero hours workers more than twice as likely to work ‘health risk’ night shifts than other workers

TW, R (On the Application Of) (No.2) v London Borough of Hillingdon

Tribunal fails to make clear findings as to frequency of night time care needs of child DLA claimant when refusing award

DHP allocations for 2019/2020 for local authorities in England and Wales

DWP aims to make severe disability premium transitional payments within six months of managed migration regulations being laid

Best start grant payments made in first two months of new benefit exceed amount DWP paid out over a year

Paying a social rent instead of a market rent could lift more than 300,000 households out of poverty

Government announces further funding for the Rapid Rehousing Pathway

Introduction of a universal credit earnings threshold for entitlement to free school meals in Wales

Miscellaneous amendments to Scotland’s council tax reduction scheme from April 2019

More frequent sharing of student loan repayment data to reduce overpayments at the end of the loan

Ministry of Justice publishes strategy to 'help people resolve legal problems at the earliest opportunity'

More than 200,000 households have been subject to the benefit cap since its introduction in April 2013