15 July, 2020 Open access
14 July, 2020 Open access
However, Employment Minister also advises that Department is 'rapidly making provisions to return to face-to-face appointments with work coaches'
14 July, 2020 Open access
Office for Budget Responsibility also highlights that the number of people on universal credit is now higher than its previous forecast had assumed for any point in the next five years
10 July, 2020
New report finds that delays in payments often due to people having difficulty with the claims process, and that 80 per cent of disabled claimants and people on low incomes had their benefit reduced by repayment of advance or other debt
10 July, 2020
New centralised team will better enable complaints that are the most serious or from vulnerable claimants to be prioritised
10 July, 2020
New system should greatly improve landlords' ability to manage payments and reconcile universal credit housing costs, says Neil Couling
10 July, 2020
9 July, 2020
DWP Minister says that the Department has had to review its commercial approach to the creation of a single, integrated health assessment service as a result of COVID-19
9 July, 2020
Programme to integrate the services that deliver personal independence payment and work capability assessments given a red 'Delivery Confidence Assessment' rating by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority
9 July, 2020
New DWP guidance
9 July, 2020 Open access
Failing to act will exacerbate the human cost of the crisis, and is at odds with the chancellor's commitment to do 'whatever it takes' in the wake of the pandemic, says IPPR
9 July, 2020
New DWP guidance
9 July, 2020
New DWP guidance
8 July, 2020
Chancellor sets out new measures in a 'Plan for Jobs', designed to help secure the UK's economic recovery from coronavirus
7 July, 2020 Open access
Work and Pensions Secretary says central pillar of 'plan for recovery and revival' will see the 'ramping up' of jobcentre capability
7 July, 2020 Open access
DWP is working closely with HMRC on the issue who have re-enforced guidance and are contacting employers on cases identified, reports Work and Pensions Minister
7 July, 2020
New statutory rule in Northern Ireland
7 July, 2020
Decline in expenditure follows reduction in applications as a result of increasing numbers of people on universal credit who are not eligible for budgeting loans
6 July, 2020 Open access
People will be notified by letter or universal credit journal entries, though can request a deferral if they are experiencing 'real financial hardship'
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