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8 February, 2022

Work and Pensions Secretary confirms DWP is appointing ‘progression champions’ to help people out of low-paid work

Role will include making connections between employers, local authorities and skills providers and collaborating with work coaches 'to support each and every claimant to progress'

8 February, 2022

House of Commons approves Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022

MPs vote in favour of Order, which increases state pensions and benefits by 3.1 per cent from April 2022, by 298 votes to 29

8 February, 2022

Regulations that close ‘loopholes’ in the bedroom tax and benefit cap welfare mitigation schemes passed by Northern Ireland Assembly

Communities Minister says expansion of the mitigation package is an important step to protect those most in need

8 February, 2022

DWP confirms that it has agreed on the data it needs to provide to the Scottish Government to support the roll out of Scottish child payment for children aged six and over

Minister also tells Scottish Affairs Committee that 'development of the technical solution is underway', with plan on track to meet Scottish Government's delivery timetable

7 February, 2022

New Appointed Intermediary Service for vulnerable court and tribunal users to start in April 2022

HMCTS says intermediaries will provide specialist communication support to enable users to participate in a hearing

7 February, 2022

Amendments to eligibility rules for industrial injuries disablement benefit in Scotland in respect of Dupuytren’s contracture

New statutory instrument

7 February, 2022

Payments under the Energy Payment Support Scheme in Northern Ireland to begin in March 2022

New statutory rule

4 February, 2022

DWP says that it did not publish evaluation of effectiveness of universal credit sanctions because it lacked ‘robust legacy data’

Minister tells House of Lords that lack of data meant that Department was unable to 'come up with a meaningful comparison'

4 February, 2022

Disregarding payments from schemes compensating victims of historical institutional child abuse and from the Windrush Compensation Scheme in the assessment of housing benefit

New DWP guidance

4 February, 2022

Miscellaneous amendments in relation to Scottish child payment and child disability payment

New statutory instrument

4 February, 2022

Social Fund annual report for 2020/2021 shows that recoveries of discretionary social fund payments were down by almost £190 million on previous year

DWP also confirms that expenditure on budgeting loans fell by more than £150 million compared to 2019/2020

3 February, 2022

Select Committee uses parliamentary powers to publish research into disabled people’s experiences of the benefits system that Secretary of State had repeatedly refused to make public

DWP's persistence in 'burying uncomfortable truths' will only have further harmed its reputation with disabled people, says Committee Chair

3 February, 2022

More than 30 advice and support organisations call for government to increase benefits by 6 per cent in April 2022

Action needed to address 'profound mismatch' between what those with a low income have and what they need to get by should also include raising housing costs support in line with rents

2 February, 2022

Government lays draft regulations for pilot of legal aid for early advice on welfare benefits, debt and housing matters

Early Legal Advice Pilot will run for a two year period from 1 April 2022 in the Manchester City and Middlesbrough Council areas

2 February, 2022

Extension to welfare supplementary payments in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule sets expiry date of 31 March 2025 for specified welfare mitigation schemes

1 February, 2022

Welsh Government to double its winter fuel support payment to £200

Minister confirms that increased payment will be available to new applicants and retrospectively paid to those who have applied already

31 January, 2022

Government’s new Way to Work campaign is a ‘dangerous initiative’ which disregards evidence and experience in relation to sanctions and finding effective job matches

Work coaches need time to offer jobseekers genuinely tailored support which results in employers getting a 'job match, not a conscripted workforce', says ERSA

31 January, 2022

Absence of face-to-face support means new Help to Claim service will not be fit for purpose, says NAWRA

Membership body calls on Secretary of State to ensure that face-to-face, independent, quality advice is available for all prospective claimants to not only make but also maintain a claim