14 December, 2020 Open access
14 December, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument includes provisions relating to easement of working hours rules and the disregarding of certain coronavirus-related payments in the calculation of tax credits
11 December, 2020 Open access
Calling for significant changes, Network says current social security system 'creates rather than prevents poverty'
11 December, 2020 Open access
Updated assessment of UK and Welsh Governments' human rights records also links increased poverty and inequality to UK-wide social security changes
11 December, 2020
Department continues to take fraud seriously and will continue to employ the full range of penalties at its disposal, Minister says
11 December, 2020
Report's key recommendations also include that staff should be reminded to use implicit consent process when contacted by representative, relative or social worker
11 December, 2020
10 December, 2020 Open access
Payments are treated on a par with other death-in-service payments and to do otherwise would create 'inconsistent discrepancies', adds Dr Coffey
10 December, 2020
New statutory instrument
9 December, 2020 Open access
Resolution Foundation also argues that grants should be paid to self-employed workers to cover periods of self-isolation
9 December, 2020 Open access
While COVID-19-related support measures have provided much-needed relief, JRF finds that for many the pandemic exacerbated the difficulties they were already facing
9 December, 2020
However, Cabinet Minister says a substantial independent review of the new benefit will be undertaken in summer 2023
9 December, 2020
Results will inform Committee's ongoing inquiry into welfare policy in Scotland
9 December, 2020 Open access
New statutory rule
8 December, 2020
Applications to be taken in three local authority areas from summer 2021, before roll-out across Scotland from autumn 2021
8 December, 2020
Publication follows statement on uprating from Work and Pensions Secretary on 25 November 2020
8 December, 2020 Open access
New figures also show that more than two-thirds of deductions were taken to repay advance payments
8 December, 2020 Open access
Work and Pensions Minister also tells parliament that 'early 2021' is the planned completion date for all extension activity
7 December, 2020
Review will look at whether the UK's domestic courts are being unduly drawn into areas of policy, and consider whether there is 'room for improvement' in their relationship with the European Court of Human Rights
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