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1 November, 2019

Amendments to social security and tax credit regulations to protect rights of third country nationals lawfully living and working in the UK after the UK exits the EU

New statutory instrument

31 October, 2019

Legislative changes in Northern Ireland to give effect to agreements between UK and Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on citizens’ rights when the UK exits from the EU

New statutory rules

31 October, 2019

Extension of welfare mitigation payments in Northern Ireland will be a matter for the restored Executive Ministers

Westminster does not have the power to instruct the Northern Ireland civil service to take action or to direct spending in relation to devolved matters, says Minister

31 October, 2019

Employment Minister Mims Davies announces she will stand down as Eastleigh MP at next election

Giving reasons for stepping down, Ms Davies says 'it is entirely a personal decision and not a political one’

30 October, 2019

‘Families facing exceptional pressure’ is now the main reason for community care grant applications in Scotland

New statistics from the Scottish Government also show that crisis loan applications are up 12 per cent on the same quarter last year

30 October, 2019

Rapid rise in number of social security appeals has outstripped ability of Tribunals Service to recruit and train sufficient new panel members

However, Social Entitlement Chamber President also highlights initiatives to speed up appeals including closer pre-hearing case management and listing more personal independence payment appeals in each session

30 October, 2019

Specialist Employability Support programme fails to meet DWP targets for achieving job outcomes for participants

New DWP statistics show that performance was around a third below what was expected for achieving short term job outcomes of more than 13 weeks

28 October, 2019

Scottish Government announces that time limit for requesting a redetermination of a decision relating to new disability assistance will be extended to 42 days

In addition, Social Security Scotland will have a maximum of 56 days in which to undertake the redetermination

25 October, 2019

DWP’s ‘defensive, dismissive and trite’ response to Work and Pensions Committee’s survival sex inquiry was ‘not an isolated incident’

Committee chair says that, having belatedly acknowledged that there's a problem, the DWP must take steps to resolve it

25 October, 2019

Almost half of Scottish households with a universal credit award that includes the housing costs element have a direct payment to landlord arrangement in place

New statistics also show that around half of claimants offered more flexible payments in Scotland have taken up the offer

24 October, 2019

People with outstanding tax credit debts risk having the money forcibly recouped from their wages, warns LITRG

Transfer of debt from HMRC expected to result in the DWP and Department for Communities taking on responsibility for around 600,000 outstanding cases

24 October, 2019

Discretionary Assistance Fund should be available to universal credit claimants waiting for their first payment, says Welsh National Assembly Committee

Committee also recommends that Welsh Government should seek payment flexibilities for universal credit and other devolved powers

23 October, 2019

DWP investigations completed so far have uncovered almost £2 million in fraudulently claimed universal credit advances

Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion also confirms that there have been two successful fraud prosecutions to date

23 October, 2019

Disapplication of the Housing Benefit Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation Scheme in England from April 2020

New DWP guidance

23 October, 2019

Dupuytren’s contracture added to list of prescribed diseases for which industrial injuries disablement benefit is payable in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

22 October, 2019

Government must urgently put right the ‘terrible injustice’ of not paying bereavement benefits to cohabitees

Select Committee recommends that government should start its consultation on options for reform by the end of 2019 at the latest

22 October, 2019

Two-thirds of 16 to 24 year old single parents face income reductions as a result of the switch to universal credit

Resolution Foundation says outcome reflects a long-term trend of deprioritising welfare support for young people

22 October, 2019

Government needs a clear strategy to support separated parents, including the parent without main caring responsibility, says SSAC

Committee highlights that the current social security system only allows one parent to receive child-related benefits making it difficult for the other partner to share caring responsibilities