11 April, 2022 Open access
11 April, 2022
Joseph Rowntree Foundation also highlights that benefits are at a 35-year low in real terms following a 'decade of cuts and freezes'
11 April, 2022
Letter from Committee Chair follows up on last month's evidence session on the costs of living crisis and the suggestion for an in-year re-indexing of benefit rates
11 April, 2022
Minister warns that reduced funding will exacerbate the plight of those already experiencing the cost of living crisis and 'inevitably lead to further hardship and eviction’
8 April, 2022
Response to Public Accounts Committee report also confirms that Department does not intend to change legislative position regarding treatment of state pension arrears for benefit purposes
8 April, 2022
However, consultation response argues that move to eligibility based on receipt of means-tested benefits will lead to 12 per cent increase in number of recipients with long-term illness or disability compared to current scheme
8 April, 2022
8 April, 2022
DWP issues new guidance to local authorities having identified a 'significant undercount' of claims
7 April, 2022
Department says that the point of the new phase is to 'find gaps and learning by failing on occasion’ and that numbers will not be predetermined to allow volumes to be adjusted based on learning
7 April, 2022
Seeking greater scope for recovery to be waived, Law Centre NI highlights that recovering money received in good faith from someone on a tight budget can significantly impact on their mental and emotional health
6 April, 2022
While government had said that the Commission had made a compelling case for change, Work and Pensions Secretary confirms that work on the development of the new measure will not proceed
5 April, 2022
New statutory instrument introduces changes in response to escalating fuel prices, which will remain in force until 6 April 2023
5 April, 2022
While there is provision for flexibility in the system, IPPR says that in practice claimants are all too often not treated as individuals and the consequences can be dire or, in the most severe circumstances, lethal
5 April, 2022
New Housing Benefit Circular confirms details of almost £500,000 being provided to meet 'New Burdens' incurred by councils
5 April, 2022
New Housing Benefit Circular confirms details of more than £19 million being provided to meet 'New Burdens' incurred by councils
5 April, 2022
New DWP guidance
5 April, 2022
New statutory rule
4 April, 2022
Department says that new 'Special Rules for End of Life' will mean that process better aligns with current NHS/GMC definition
4 April, 2022 Open access
New guidance issued to local authorities administering housing benefit
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