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11 January, 2019

Scottish Government publishes its Social Security Charter

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10 January, 2019

Government's justification for the two-child limit is ‘crude and unrealistic’, MPs say

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10 January, 2019

Government ‘looking at’ universal credit two-child policy, says DWP Minister

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10 January, 2019

Select Committee calls on government to measure the impact of universal credit on rates of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition

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10 January, 2019

Evaluation of pilots of enhanced support for ESA work-related activity group claimants with 18 to 24 month re-referral period

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10 January, 2019

Amendments to council tax reduction schemes in Wales from April 2019

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9 January, 2019

Protections in the universal credit system for those with a severe disability premium need to be in place by end of the month, says Baroness Buscombe

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9 January, 2019

DWP gives examples of groups who may have three month claim period extended under universal credit managed migration

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9 January, 2019

Standard interest rate charged on loans for mortgage interest drops to 1.5 per cent

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9 January, 2019

Separated husband and wife who had legally binding agreement giving exclusive use of rooms within dwelling entitled to 'one bedroom self-contained accommodation' rate

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8 January, 2019

Managed migration to universal credit delayed until 2020 in Northern Ireland

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8 January, 2019

DWP updates guidance to staff so as to avoid anomalies in assessment of earned income under universal credit

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7 January, 2019

Work and Pensions Secretary clarifies government’s plans for next phase of universal credit roll-out

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7 January, 2019

By 2022 more than one in five families will lose at least some of their child benefit, estimates the IFS

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Scottish Government publishes its Social Security Charter

Government's justification for the two-child limit is ‘crude and unrealistic’, MPs say

Government ‘looking at’ universal credit two-child policy, says DWP Minister

Select Committee calls on government to measure the impact of universal credit on rates of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition

Evaluation of pilots of enhanced support for ESA work-related activity group claimants with 18 to 24 month re-referral period

Care assessment failings risk breaching older people’s human rights, campaign group warns

Amendments to council tax reduction schemes in Wales from April 2019

Protections in the universal credit system for those with a severe disability premium need to be in place by end of the month, says Baroness Buscombe

DWP gives examples of groups who may have three month claim period extended under universal credit managed migration

Standard interest rate charged on loans for mortgage interest drops to 1.5 per cent

Separated husband and wife who had legally binding agreement giving exclusive use of rooms within dwelling entitled to 'one bedroom self-contained accommodation' rate

Government launches consultation on improving access to social housing for members of Armed Forces

Welsh Government confirms Right to Buy is to end in Wales from 26 January 2019

Civil court bailiff complaints process is ‘highly inaccessible’, Citizens Advice finds

Managed migration to universal credit delayed until 2020 in Northern Ireland

DWP updates guidance to staff so as to avoid anomalies in assessment of earned income under universal credit

3 million more social homes and private rented sector reform needed to address housing crisis

Work and Pensions Secretary clarifies government’s plans for next phase of universal credit roll-out

By 2022 more than one in five families will lose at least some of their child benefit, estimates the IFS