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22 December, 2017

Minister updates House of Commons on plans for funding for supported housing

Short-term supported housing will be directly funded by local authorities through a ring-fenced grant

21 December, 2017

High Court rules that amendments to PIP mobility activity 1 are unlawful

[2017] EWHC 3375 (Admin)

21 December, 2017

Walter Rader appointed to carry out independent review of personal independence payment in Northern Ireland

Review will look at the assessment process since the introduction of personal independence payment in June 2016

21 December, 2017

Government rejects IIAC recommendation to prescribe Dupuytren’s contracture

DWP announcement comes more than three years after Industrial Injuries Advisory Council published its report on the disease

21 December, 2017

Trussell Trust and CPAG call for benefit reforms to end the UK’s food bank emergency

Follow-up 'Emergency Use Only' report highlights continued problems all-too-often caused by benefit delays, errors and sanctions

21 December, 2017

Miscellaneous amendments to council tax reduction schemes in England

New statutory instrument

21 December, 2017

Housing benefit uprating 2018/2019

New DWP guidance

21 December, 2017

DWP publishes findings of three ‘proof of concept’ trials for In Work Progression

Research highlights that whilst some positive outcomes were achieved, a range of barriers to progression also existed

21 December, 2017

Engaging socially involves more than being able to communicate; the interaction must be contextually and socially appropriate

CPIP/1214/2017

20 December, 2017

Department for Communities publishes first annual report on Welfare Supplementary Payments in Northern Ireland

Report highlights that 40,000 claimants received a total of £8.4 million of mitigation payments for losses resulting from welfare reforms in 2016/2017

20 December, 2017

Social Security (Scotland) Bill unanimously passes its first stage in the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Government also confirms that new social security system will be accessible 'in existing premises in communities round the country'

20 December, 2017

Self-employed recipients of universal credit to receive 12 weeks of ‘business mentoring’

DWP also confirms that a further year of support and mentoring will be available if the business plan is viable

20 December, 2017

Indicative 2018/2019 housing benefit administration subsidy arrangements for local authorities

New housing benefit guidance

20 December, 2017

DWP issues new guidance in relation to recent miscellaneous amendments to social security legislation

Decision Makers Guide Memos include advice about amendments relating to pension age changes, pension flexibilities, and a new category of income support claimant

19 December, 2017

Government rejects call to suspend and review the Minimum Income Floor for self-employed universal credit claimants

Response to Select Committee report advises that the DWP will instead continue to monitor and evaluate the impact of self-employment alongside the roll-out of universal credit

19 December, 2017

Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 receives Royal Assent

Amongst other measures, Scotland now has statutory targets to lower rates of child poverty by 2023 and further lower them by 2030

19 December, 2017

Treatment of kinship care and continuing care payments in income support, JSA, and ESA

New DWP guidance

19 December, 2017

One million children in poverty will miss out on free school meals as a result of proposed eligibility criteria for universal credit claimants

New analysis from The Children’s Society highlights how the regions worst affected by child poverty stand to lose the most from the government's proposed means test