22 July, 2020
22 July, 2020
Minister also advises Work and Pensions Committee that increasing the generosity and scope of run-ons further is not an ‘appropriate’ step at the moment
22 July, 2020 Open access
Giving evidence to Select Committee, Dr Coffey says that if there are any sanctions applied at all, they will be very rare
22 July, 2020
Warning comes after DWP advises Select Committee that arrears occur because of 'life events', like unemployment, and are then cleared over time rather than exacerbated by universal credit system
21 July, 2020
Housing benefit is intended to meet housing costs of claimant and their household, and 'visiting children are not included', says Minister
21 July, 2020
Biennial Cabinet Office report on data matching activities also shows a more than 40 per cent increase in identified housing benefit errors compared to previous two-year period
20 July, 2020 Open access
20 July, 2020 Open access
Written answer confirms that average response time is now under four minutes having peaked at almost 45 minutes at the end of March 2020
20 July, 2020
DWP customer experience survey also finds that just 75 per cent of claimants contacted through their online account felt that DWP staff understood their circumstances
17 July, 2020
Family of claimant who died after the DWP cut his benefits without first checking his state of health will argue that policies are unlawful and create a significant risk of breaching human rights of vulnerable individuals
17 July, 2020
New statutory instrument
17 July, 2020 Open access
Guidance sets out factors for judges to consider in deciding whether to proceed with a case remotely, and tips for ensuring that everyone can fully participate in remote hearings
16 July, 2020
New figures also highlight that 2.23 million were in the 'searching for work' conditionality group in June 2020
16 July, 2020
Claim issued after Work and Pensions Secretary fails to substantively respond to pre-action protocol letter
16 July, 2020
New figures also highlight that just 4 per cent of those affected receive an exception to the policy
16 July, 2020 Open access
Department for Communities also says that it is restarting the recovery of benefit overpayments and reinstating previously agreed repayment arrangements
16 July, 2020
PCS Union confirms a number of 'back of house' and jobcentre locations will be involved in pilot exercise including those covering universal credit, legacy benefits and pensions
16 July, 2020 Open access
New DWP statistics show claimant count reached almost 2.7 million, more than 30 per cent higher than the previous month's total
15 July, 2020 Open access
Universal Credit Senior Responsible Owner tells Work and Pensions Committee that Department is currently looking at one of the closed jobcentres 'to try and set up a demonstrator of how we'd do this'
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