19 July, 2023
Speaking at a Future of Britain conference yesterday, Keir Starmer confirms that he will not make unfunded spending commitments and make the same mistakes that former Prime Minister Liz Truss made
19 July, 2023
Reporting on HMRC's 2022/2023 annual report and accounts, Comptroller and Auditor General also highlights that while HMRC has transferred £3.6 billion of tax credit debt to DWP, there remains a further £1 billion still to be moved over
19 July, 2023
New Work and Pensions Committee report also calls for improved support for young people, people over 50 and people with disabilities and long-term health conditions
18 July, 2023
Written answer to Parliament shows that more than 800,000 claimants are facing average shortfalls of more than £100 a month
18 July, 2023
Home Office confirms that process will come into effect from September 2023 and will be reflected in the person's digital status
17 July, 2023
17 July, 2023
Letters and leaflets will be targeted at 2,000 households in ten local authority areas that are already in receipt of housing benefit and are likely to be eligible for pension credit
14 July, 2023
New CPAG research also finds that effect of cap has increased substantially over time as benefits and rents have risen while the cap remained frozen
13 July, 2023
Letter sent to all Westminster party leaders says that two-child limit is discriminatory and a clear breach of children’s human rights, and is the biggest driver of rising child poverty in the UK today
13 July, 2023
Written answer also shows that around 650,000 households are repaying tax credit overpayments
13 July, 2023
New DWP statistics also show that more than four in ten local authorities spent more than 105 per cent of their allocation, with 64 per cent of expenditure related to welfare reform
13 July, 2023
Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies concludes that it would have been preferable simply to uprate benefit levels to maintain their real value
12 July, 2023
NAO Auditor General recommends that Department could provide further assurances that, whichever cases are chosen for review, there are no adverse impacts on customer service such as delays to first benefit payments
12 July, 2023
While the DWP described regulations as a 'technical rectification', Hub warns that they remove rights and law in their entirety, including for those protected by the Withdrawal Agreement
12 July, 2023
Following up her 2021 report, which found ‘systemic maladministration’ in handling of further evidence, Northern Ireland Ombudsman highlights issues including that letters to claimants remain difficult to understand
11 July, 2023
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, R (on the application) v Eveleigh & Ors (formerly Binder & Ors) [2023] EWCA Civ 810
10 July, 2023
DWP Permanent Secretary also tells Select Committee that, while the Department wants the claimant experience in the health transformation area to be better, 'a difference in outcomes is not something that we can tolerate'
10 July, 2023
DWP says forms will be used where claimants have an ongoing award or have reached state pension age and in most cases an assessment with a health professional will not be required
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