2 June, 2020
2 June, 2020 Open access
New statutory rule adds a person who has been notified to self-isolate due to contact with a person infected with COVID-19 to list of qualifying people
1 June, 2020 Open access
Committee's proposals include increasing JSA and ESA in line with universal credit standard allowances, and taking action to ensure those affected by the benefit cap are not disadvantaged
1 June, 2020
CL v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2020] UKUT 146 (AAC)
CJSA/1053/2019
29 May, 2020 Open access
As Britain returns to work, we need to adapt the emergency programmes we put in place to bridge through the crisis, says Chancellor
29 May, 2020 Open access
Scottish Government publishes management information ahead of scheduled quarterly statistics due to 'heightened interest' in impact of COVID-19 on Scottish Welfare Fund
29 May, 2020 Open access
29 May, 2020 Open access
New DWP guidance confirms funding of £0.45 million to cover cost of notifications to housing benefit claimants affected by changes
28 May, 2020 Open access
Chair urges Prime Minister - who was 'clearly surprised' that such restrictions applied - to lift NRPF conditions during COVID-19 crisis
28 May, 2020 Open access
New statutory rule
28 May, 2020 Open access
Charity's research finds that more than a quarter of those in shielded group have lost at least 60 per cent of their income
28 May, 2020 Open access
Warning that workers who cannot afford to self-isolate will be forced to keep working, TUC also calls for extension of support for self-employed
28 May, 2020
New statistics also show that around half of households with housing entitlement are having direct payments to landlords under Scottish choices or DWP alternative payment arrangements
27 May, 2020 Open access
Highlighting the social risks that people now face in the UK, IPPR launches a programme to 'reimagine' a future welfare state
27 May, 2020 Open access
New report also finds that the continued presence of the cap means that for some households the effects of recent LHA, universal credit and tax credit increases will be limited or never felt at all
27 May, 2020
Priority areas include roll-out of universal credit, the impact on social security of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, and implications of the government’s response to COVID-19 on the benefit system
27 May, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument adds a person who has been notified to self-isolate due to contact with a person infected with COVID-19 to list of qualifying people
27 May, 2020 Open access
New report calls on government to prepare universal credit for highest unemployment levels in over a quarter of a century
27 May, 2020
New DMG Memo confirms that payments are disregarded as both income and capital for income support, state pension credit, income-based jobseeker's allowance and income-related employment and support allowance purposes
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