20 January, 2020
20 January, 2020
Decision makers instructed to take all references to civil partners or civil partnerships in DWP guidance to include opposite sex couples
20 January, 2020
Minister confirms that average time from receipt to start of investigation is more than 13 months, while it takes another five to six months on average to complete an investigation
17 January, 2020
New report from Joseph Rowntree Foundation also shows that growing proportion of households below Standard are in full employment
17 January, 2020
Permanent review follows 2018/2019 project which led to annual saving of £63 million
16 January, 2020
New DWP statistics also confirm that all 600,000 cases needing to be checked for underpayments have started the reassessment journey and 97 per cent have completed it
16 January, 2020
16 January, 2020
New statutory rule provides for LHA rates to be increased by 1.7 per cent in line with CPI inflation
15 January, 2020
Allowing lower courts to reinterpret EU case law 'risks causing significant legal uncertainty', says House of Lords Constitution Committee
15 January, 2020
New Council Tax Information Letter clarifies that changes made by new regulations are intended to bring schemes into line with the housing benefit regime
14 January, 2020
Minister also confirms that her Department is 'working at a pace' to ensure that welfare mitigations are extended from 31 March 2020
14 January, 2020
New legislation provides for LHA rates to be increased by 1.7 per cent in line with CPI inflation
13 January, 2020
DWP Minister says jobcentre staff will join outreach teams on the streets and visit charity-run day centres, providing support to rough sleepers with benefit claims and finding work
13 January, 2020
Ending the benefit freeze will ensure the government is 'continuing to support the most vulnerable in society', says Minister
13 January, 2020
New statutory instrument
10 January, 2020
Urgent Bulletin advises housing benefit staff to award arrears payable when appeals have been decided, without offsetting any DHP award that covers the same period
10 January, 2020
Immediate priorities for incoming Executive also include development of anti-poverty strategy and establishment of child funeral fund
9 January, 2020
New report highlights problems with identifying and processing appeals, failures to process new evidence and improper recovery action while appeals are outstanding
9 January, 2020
Interim report commissioned by the Welsh Government analyses possible adjustments to the council tax reduction scheme that could restore parity
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