29 July, 2020 Open access
29 July, 2020 Open access
Letter to Work and Pensions Secretary also makes best practice recommendations, including that work coaches must ensure claimants are made aware they can negotiate the terms of their commitment
29 July, 2020
Call for evidence ahead of meeting with DWP officials to discuss issues including rise in level of universal credit overpayments to 9.4 per cent
28 July, 2020 Open access
Letter from Work and Pensions Secretary also fails to address request for information on redress for people who have lost tax credits by making claim for universal credit
28 July, 2020
New Scottish Government statistics also show a 27 per cent increase in crisis grant applications due to benefit or other income issues
28 July, 2020 Open access
Proactively encouraging individuals to claim their entitlements is 'a duty of government and a social responsibility', says Social Security Secretary
28 July, 2020
27 July, 2020 Open access
Deputy First Minister says that government expects employers 'to fully support' those who are returning to work as a result of the pause in shielding
27 July, 2020
Secretary of State appoints Nick Markham to lead the DWP's non-executives and provide independent advice, support and scrutiny on the department's work
27 July, 2020
New regulations issued in Northern Ireland
24 July, 2020 Open access
New edition of the Department's 'Touchbase Coronavirus Special' also advises that requirement is being introduced gradually for claims in existence prior to 10 July 2020
24 July, 2020 Open access
New report highlights that benefit support is due to be dramatically cut back in April 2021, at a time when the OBR projects the unemployment rate to still be in double-digits
24 July, 2020
Department is making steps in the right direction, but it still has a long way to go to prove that it has learned lessons from its past failures, says Committee chair
23 July, 2020
New DWP guidance covers changes made under the Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
23 July, 2020 Open access
New House of Commons Library briefing says that it would cost £1.38 billion to fund increases of £20 a week this year for all ESA, JSA and income support claimants
23 July, 2020
Bill designed to address the need for urgent reform of the 'special rules' that are a 'source of distress and difficulty' for people living with terminal illness
23 July, 2020
New statutory rule
23 July, 2020
New statutory rule
22 July, 2020
New research into rent payment behaviours of more than 10 per cent of England’s council tenants also highlights that availability of universal credit advances seems not to prevent ‘significant and lasting’ new arrears from occurring
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