13 June, 2024 Open access
13 June, 2024 Open access
New research from the Resolution Foundation warns that the next government will need to consider how best to strengthen the social security system if it is to prevent rising hardship and enable all households to share in future economic growth
13 June, 2024
New MoJ statistics also show that the average age of a case at disposal increased to more than six months
13 June, 2024
New DWP statistics also highlight that following their post-Covid resumption, 16,000 repeat assessments for ESA were carried out in the quarter to December 2023
12 June, 2024 Open access
Recent history of failure to deliver promised savings suggests otherwise, says Foundation
11 June, 2024 Open access
Commitments include to ensure benefits 'remain a safety net not a lifestyle choice', and introducing a 'triple lock plus' to ensure that state pension is never taxed
11 June, 2024
11 June, 2024
Consultation on proposed funding decisions, including the freezing of recruitment, pose 'significant risks' to successful completion of Move to UC and effective benefit delivery in the region
10 June, 2024 Open access
Commitments include measures to 'repair the broken benefits safety net', and prioritising carers and disabled people
10 June, 2024 Open access
With the principal saving coming from proposed reforms to PIP, IFS highlights that this would mean a 'lot of people losing significant sums'
10 June, 2024 Open access
Institute for Fiscal Studies finds that changes to the tax and benefit system have reduced benefit entitlements by £2,200 per year on average for 7.6 million households with children
10 June, 2024
New statutory instrument
7 June, 2024
Kelly v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2024] EWCA Civ 613
7 June, 2024
New report argues that removing the limit, and other punitive policies such as the benefit cap, is crucial to ensuring that all children have a decent standard of living
7 June, 2024
ZY v SSWP (PIP)
[2024] UKUT 163 (AAC)
UA-2023-001807-PIP
7 June, 2024
Direction encourages tribunals to give concise reasons, and cautions that stating reasons at greater length than necessary 'is not in the interests of justice'
6 June, 2024
Pay dispute continues for union members employed by G4S to provide security for DWP employees and claimants
6 June, 2024
New DWP statistics also show that almost six in ten of those who have completed 12 months have not yet achieved first earnings from employment
5 June, 2024
Recommendations in new report include slowing managed migration, increasing child element by £20 per week, and substantially reducing the use of sanctions
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