8 February, 2021 Open access
8 February, 2021 Open access
New research also shows that even with the £20 Covid ‘uplift’, almost half of post-March 2020 universal credit claimants report income falls of more than a quarter
8 February, 2021
With more than four million children in relative poverty, End Child Poverty coalition calls on the government to commit to a joined up strategy for reducing and ending child poverty
8 February, 2021
New report highlights that Scottish Government controls only 15 per cent of DWP total spend in Scotland, and all income replacement benefits remain reserved to Westminster
5 February, 2021 Open access
Groups representing doctors, nurses and social workers highlight 'established link' between poverty and poor health, which is worsening in the face of Covid-19
5 February, 2021 Open access
Public Accounts Committee report recommends the Department for Education and DWP work together to allow more ‘flexible and responsive’ free meals support in future
5 February, 2021
5 February, 2021
New edition of DWP's LA Welfare Direct advises that housing benefit teams should only reassess affected cases if there is a change to the terms of any tenancy agreement
5 February, 2021 Open access
New report renews call for SSP earnings limit to be abolished and amount of payment to be increased to £330 a week
4 February, 2021 Open access
New Trussell Trust research reveals the shocking consequences of what lies ahead if lifeline is cut in April 2021
4 February, 2021
However, system change will also lead to ‘short period’ when it will not be able to update live records with changes or process new claims
3 February, 2021
To be delivered by a team of 325 Job Search Advisers, the new service will provide support and advice to 160,000 jobseekers who 'already have the skills and experience needed to move into a new career'
3 February, 2021
In addition, Work and Pensions Secretary confirms that, while no decisions have been made on retaining universal credit uplift, replacement by a one-off payment is 'not one of the Department's preferred approaches'
3 February, 2021 Open access
Final Mental Health and Income Commission report calls for immediate measures and systemic reforms including increasing SSP, suspending conditionality and longer, more generous ESA awards
3 February, 2021 Open access
Coalition of charities urges government to keep the £20 'uplift' in universal credit and working tax credit and extend it to legacy and other benefits
3 February, 2021 Open access
TUC highlights that 7 in 10 applications to the scheme end up without payment, and that more than 1 in 4 councils have run out of or are close to running out of funding
3 February, 2021 Open access
New figures also show that percentage of calls answered in the whole of the period from August to December 2020 remained well below ‘acceptable’ service level target of 80 per cent
3 February, 2021
Bill requires Government to undertake a review of the adequacy of local welfare assistance schemes provided by local authorities.
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