4 November, 2021
4 November, 2021
Finance Minister says there would also need to be a commitment to funding the uplift in future years to avoid creating another cliff-edge at the end of March
4 November, 2021
However, 92 per cent of claimant survey respondents rated their experience as 'good' or 'very good' and 94 per cent felt they were treated with kindness
3 November, 2021
However, there remain too many examples of the DWP 'acting inhumanely' and a 'continued resistance' by the Department to carry out transparent investigations into benefit-related deaths, says Leigh Day law firm
3 November, 2021 Open access
Introducing amendment to Uprating Bill, Conservative peer Baroness Altmann says that while the change would be for one year only, 'what a year to choose' when older people are facing a cost-of-living crisis
3 November, 2021
DBH v West Lindsey District Council (HB)
[2021] UKUT 256 (AAC)
CH/1041/2020
3 November, 2021
2 November, 2021
DWP Minister confirms that while claimants will not be invited for an assessment, they may be contacted for further information
2 November, 2021
Legislation is ready to go, says Minister, calling for DUP to lift blockage that is causing ‘unacceptable’ delays
1 November, 2021
Social Security Advisory Committee calls for Employment Minister to review and address the issue 'at the earliest opportunity'
1 November, 2021
Change follows the government's recent announcement of a £500 million expansion of its Plan for Jobs
29 October, 2021
Resolution Fondation analysis finds that measures announced in this week's Autumn Budget and Spending Review will be 'overshadowed by last month’s £6 billion cut to entitlement'
29 October, 2021
Work and Pensions Minister says that initiative encourages a 'voluntary first' approach to allow claimants to test out employment support activities without risk of a sanction
29 October, 2021
However, Social Justice Minister says that while every penny received from the UK Government is being passed on, it in no way makes up for the £20-a-week cut to universal credit
29 October, 2021
New regulations correct error that has meant that sharing of data has previously had no legal effect and any related data processing is likely to have been unlawful
28 October, 2021
Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2021 highlights that the largest factor reducing relative spending is the ending of the £20 uplift, with payments to more than 4 million households reduced by £2.1 billion over the second half of the year
28 October, 2021
New statutory instrument
28 October, 2021
New statutory rule
27 October, 2021
Presenting the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, Chancellor says changes 'to make sure work pays' will be brought in by 1 December 2021
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