6 July, 2022
5 July, 2022
Former Education Secretary and Prime Minister's chief of staff both promoted following resignations of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid
5 July, 2022
New statutory instrument
5 July, 2022
Measures include 'Mid-life MOTs' that target those thinking about retirement with a view to encouraging them to work
5 July, 2022
New body issues call for evidence on ways of tackling the persistent poverty that has been 'the symptom of an approach that has used poverty as a political football'
4 July, 2022
Work and Pensions Secretary says that previous constraint 'no longer reflects how we wish to test and learn our approach for a responsible and safe transition'
1 July, 2022
1 July, 2022
Work and Pensions Minister confirms that almost 2 million claimants are affected, with deductions averaging up to £55 a month
1 July, 2022
Work and Pensions Committee seeks update in light of change in the law earlier this year and the cap not having been looked at since 2016
30 June, 2022
Work and Pensions Secretary says that DWP has delivered on its target of getting 500,000 more people into work in less than six months
30 June, 2022
Debt charity recommends linking the rate of deduction to a claimant's earnings on the long-term, with a maximum deduction rate of 5 per cent
30 June, 2022
Joint Select Committee on Human Rights asks that the government consider whether its plans are 'really democratic and necessary'
30 June, 2022
However, Poverty and Inequality Commission also commends commitments made during the year and in the governmnet's current Child Poverty Delivery Plan that increase the likelihood that the 2023/2024 interim child poverty target will be met
29 June, 2022
Giving evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee, academics add that trust is crucial if the system is to be improved
29 June, 2022
New DWP statistics also show that just 13 per cent of households with all parents earning and children aged between 0 and 16 were paid the childcare element in February 2022
28 June, 2022
DWP provides advice to decision makers that effect of [2021] UKUT 47 (AAC) is that travel to and from jobcentre and job interviews is relevant in risk assessment as well as travel to and from work
28 June, 2022
Authors conclude that universal credit seems to have exacerbated the discrepancy between what society promises and the standard of living that is actually available
28 June, 2022
Following debate in the Lords, government's 'deliberately straightforward' Additional Payments Bill passes without amendment before receiving Royal Assent
28 June, 2022
New statutory instrument
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