24 June, 2022
23 June, 2022
Ministers condemn 'shocking and unnecessary' Bill to provide for a new Bill of Rights and 'totally unsatisfactory' process that led to its introduction
23 June, 2022
New HMRC estimates for 2020/2021 show that claimant errors covering instances where there is no evidence of deliberate attempts to deceive make up remaining 95 per cent
23 June, 2022
New statutory instrument
22 June, 2022
New Bill of Rights will demarcate a clearer separation of powers, ensure greater respect for democratic institutions and 'restore a healthy dose of common sense to the justice system', says Lord Chancellor
22 June, 2022
DWP Minister adds that new payments will also not count towards the benefit cap, and that households will therefore 'retain the full value of the payments they receive'
22 June, 2022
22 June, 2022
MPs raise issues including Department's failure to commence work to automate child maintenance deductions from universal credit and an inability to make partial deductions
21 June, 2022
AB & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 1524 (Admin)
21 June, 2022
New DWP figures show that almost twice as many households flowed off the cap in November 2021 compared to the three-month periods before and after the uplift was withdrawn
21 June, 2022
Views sought on whether use of CE-File should be compulsory and, if so, which types of Upper Tribunal user should be subject to mandation
21 June, 2022
New Scottish Government statistics show gradual decline in caseload since peak during Covid-19 pandemic
17 June, 2022
However, DWP Minister also contends that allowing housing benefits to be used towards the cost of a mortgage 'removes a barrier that currently prevents thousands of families from buying their own home'
17 June, 2022
Seven-year contract includes requirement to support completion of all types of PIP assessments, and may be modified by agreement to support work capability assessments
17 June, 2022
New DWP guidance
16 June, 2022
Writing to Secretary of State, Committee Chair questions why a number of the Department's own research reports, including in relation to the benefit cap, sanctions, and unpaid carers, have not been published
16 June, 2022
Work and Pensions Minister says that government also has fundamental concerns about what it might mean for targeting those in greatest need
15 June, 2022
As Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill receives first reading, DWP outlines that a payment of £326 will be followed by a second instalment of £324 in Autumn 2022 for those on low-income benefits, with payments being made later to those on tax credits
14 June, 2022
New DWP guidance adds that process will be 'small and controlled' initially with just 500 notices being issued across the two locations
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