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10 October, 2022

DWP announces national rollout of programme integrating employment advisers into NHS England psychological therapy services

£122 million funding builds on pilot service that gives those receiving mental health support the option to speak to employment advisers

10 October, 2022

First Minister announces doubling of final Scottish Child Payment bridging payment to £260

Nicola Sturgeon also confirms that final payment will be paid in addition to Scottish Child Payment when it is extended to all eligible under-16s from 14 November 2022

7 October, 2022

Pressing ahead with benefit cuts in the face of public opposition would be ‘morally indefensible’

New polling for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation highlights that more than 60 per cent of the public agree that benefits should be increased in line with inflation

6 October, 2022

Freezing of benefit cap will lead to a quarter of a million households being affected by 2025/2026

New IFS analysis also finds that freezing child benefit taper threshold will lead to 2.5 million families losing benefit by 2025/2026, equivalent to 31 per cent of families with children

4 October, 2022

DWP provides figures on what the level of the benefit cap would be if it had been increased in line with inflation or average earnings

Figures include that, had the cap kept pace with earnings, it would be more than £85 per week higher in London and £75 per week higher outside London

4 October, 2022

Work and Pensions Committee calls on Chancellor to honour predecessor’s commitment to uprate benefits in line with inflation

Failure to increase benefits next April in line with September 2022's CPI risks 'countless families being pushed further into crushing poverty', warns Committee Chair

4 October, 2022

Government confirms that second cost of living payment will be made between 8 and 23 November 2022 for those on DWP means-tested benefits

New regulations provide that in order to qualify for the £324 payment, claimants must have been entitled to a relevant benefit on 25 September 2022

4 October, 2022

Excluding claimants whose home is in Scotland from eligibility for cold weather payments

New statutory instrument

3 October, 2022

Transfer of HMCTS staff to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to reflect increasing workload within the Scottish social security tribunal system

New statutory instrument

30 September, 2022

Without a U-turn on tax cuts, the Chancellor has eight weeks to decide which combination of public spending or welfare cuts he is going to announce

Resolution Foundation says the government has some tough policy choices to make in Medium-Term Fiscal Plan to be delivered on 23 November 2022

30 September, 2022

Government reports that more than 14 million cost of living payments have been processed, including 6 million payments to people on disability benefits

DWP management information also shows that total value of payments to disability benefit claimants and means-tested benefit claimants is £3.6 billion

30 September, 2022

Extension of exemptions from LHA shared accommodation rate to include victims of domestic abuse and victims of modern slavery from 1 October 2022

DWP issues new guidance to universal credit and housing benefit decision makers

29 September, 2022

Chief Secretary to the Treasury refuses to confirm that the government is committed to increasing benefits in line with inflation next year

Chris Philp says that the DWP is going through the process of evaluating what it is going to do, and that 'I can't pre-empt the process can I?'

29 September, 2022

District councils warn that a £900m increase in costs due to inflation and pay pressures may lead to cuts to local services including emergency payment schemes and debt and benefits advice

Network representing councils in England also highlights that nine out of ten expect demand for support services to grow due to the cost of living crisis and inflation

29 September, 2022

More than half of adult disability payment applications decided in period up to 31 July 2022 resulted in an award

New Scottish Government statistics also show that more than 70 per cent of awards were for both daily living and mobility components

29 September, 2022

Uprating of diffuse mesothelioma lump sum payments in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule revokes and re-enacts previous legislation that came into force in April 2022 that would otherwise cease to have effect

29 September, 2022

Social security benefits up-rating in Northern Ireland

New statutory rules revoke and re-enact previous legislation that came into force in April 2022 that would otherwise cease to have effect

29 September, 2022

Ensuring that Irish Citizens are covered by exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test for people arriving in Northern Ireland from Ukraine

New statutory rule

28 September, 2022

Systemic problem with universal credit puts disabled claimants at risk of being underpaid by more than £350 per month

With DWP officials having rejected their proposed solution, disability and welfare organisations call on Minister to take urgent action