22 May, 2019
22 May, 2019
Letter to Work and Pensions Secretary also asks if DWP has assessed impact of the loss of a protected date of claim
22 May, 2019
Poverty and Inequality Commission warns that 'considerable investment' will be needed to meet statutory targets on reducing child poverty
21 May, 2019
Collecting data centrally would enable lessons to be learnt and the case for change to be made clearer
21 May, 2019
Minister also confirms that 83,000 have a deduction for rent arrears and 34,000 have a deduction for council tax arrears
21 May, 2019
New DWP guidance also explains process for checking compensation claims for loss of housing benefit entitlement
21 May, 2019
20 May, 2019
In final reflections, Amyas Morse also encourages the Work and Pensions Committee to continue pushing the DWP for a more receptive attitude to challenges or criticism
20 May, 2019
Human Rights Watch identifies the benefit cap, two-child policy and benefit freeze as having a particularly detrimental impact
20 May, 2019
DWP Permanent Secretary agrees with general idea and confirms that £65 ‘small overpayment limit’ for writing off recoverable overpayments will be reviewed
20 May, 2019
New DWP guidance issued to local authority housing benefit departments
17 May, 2019
Letter from the Work and Pensions Committee follows publication of leaked memo that says campaign is part of a 'confident, front-footed strategy to tackle misconceptions and improve the reputation of universal credit'
17 May, 2019
Experimental statistics will be published in the second half of 2020 and will be in addition to Households Below Average Income annual National Statistics
17 May, 2019
Responding to Select Committee's inquiry, Department says it would welcome the opportunity to look into individual cases
17 May, 2019
New research from Centrepoint also finds that the sanction rate is higher for programme participants than young claimants not required to participate
17 May, 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 839
16 May, 2019
Written answer advises increase may be due to higher caseload and increased awareness of advances
16 May, 2019
Service will be tested by June 2019 in one area before evaluation and decision on wider rollout
16 May, 2019
May 2019 update also confirms that, of those who have completed process, 86,000 have received arrears with average value of £5,000
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