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21 March, 2019

Minister for Employment confirms that more than half of universal credit claims are subject to deductions

Of these, almost half are having more than 20 per cent of the standard allowance deducted

21 March, 2019

DWP confirms it is advising local authorities of any new ESA awards made as a result of its incapacity benefit to ESA 'underpayment exercise'

Parliamentary written answer says local authorities can then consider the possible impacts of new awards on housing benefit and council tax reduction entitlement

21 March, 2019

More than £1.1 million to be allocated to local authorities for new burdens associated with implementing mixed-age couple benefit changes

New DWP guidance on housing benefit subsidy payments to local authorities

21 March, 2019

Bill proposing first steps to extend ‘destitution domestic violence concession’ to EEA nationals and other groups receives first reading

Government will be required to report on extending eligibility for the UK Border Agency concession - that enables time-limited access to social security provision - within six months of the Act coming into force

21 March, 2019

Uprating of carer’s allowance in Scotland

New statutory instrument

21 March, 2019

Revocation and re-enactment of benefit uprating regulations for 2018/2019 in Northern Ireland

New statutory rules ensure that benefit uprating provisions remains valid in the absence of a Northern Ireland Assembly to approve them

21 March, 2019

Protecting reciprocal social security rights enjoyed by British and Irish citizens following the withdrawal of the UK from the EU

New statutory instrument

20 March, 2019

Combined impact of tax and social security reforms 'has hit the poorest households in Scotland hardest', says EHRC

New research finds that female lone parents, black families, severely disabled people and families with more than three children lose out most in period from 2010-2022

20 March, 2019

Troubled Families Programme has led to 10 per cent fewer adults claiming JSA compared to a control group

However, analysis of employment data shows no statistically significant difference

19 March, 2019

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into possible link between universal credit and 'survival sex'

Inquiry launched in response to reports that welfare reforms driving people to exchange sex for basic living essentials

19 March, 2019

Social Security Advisory Committee launches consultation on the claimant commitment

Call for evidence focuses on claimants in the all-work related activity conditionality group

19 March, 2019

Decisions on DLA to PIP reassessment claims taking 8 weeks longer from point of referral to assessment provider than a year ago

New DWP statistics also show that the total time from point of entering reassessment process to a decision is also increasing

19 March, 2019

Social Security Advisory Committee launches consultation on social security and separating parents

Responses to call for evidence will be used to underpin the Committee's independent research into the living standards and financial position of parents who have separated

19 March, 2019

'Misleading' DWP letters are not intended to dissuade GPs from issuing fit notes for ESA appeal purposes

Work and Pensions Secretary says that the government is 'committed to ensuring our communication is clear'

19 March, 2019

DWP provides update on roll out of automated data sharing processes between the Department and local authorities

Following successful testing with four local authorities, DWP is approaching more authorities for the next phase of rollout

18 March, 2019

75 per cent fewer people access crisis support from welfare assistance schemes than under previous system

New research from the Children’s Society also finds that 23 councils have scrapped their schemes while a fifith of councils have cut spending by half

18 March, 2019

Benefit uprating 2019/2020

New statutory instruments

18 March, 2019

Nearly half of Welsh households expected to be worse off once all UK Government welfare and tax credit changes have been implemented

New Welsh Government report also highlights that an extra 50,000 children in Wales will be pushed into poverty as a direct result of reforms