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3 April, 2019

Senior President of Tribunals presents implementation plan for tribunals modernisation programme

Plans for Social Security Chamber include a digital pilot of continuous online resolution with selected PIP appellants from mid-April 2019

3 April, 2019

Government publishes response to Windrush call for evidence and compensation consultation

Proposals include commitment to address cases where benefits have been denied or removed as a result of being unable to demonstrate lawful immigration status

3 April, 2019

40th anniversary of child benefit 'feels more like a wake than a celebration', says Resolution Foundation

New analysis highlights risk that benefit will be abolished and subsumed into universal credit as value falls and number of eligible families decreases

2 April, 2019

Work and Pensions Committee launches follow-up inquiry on in-work progression under universal credit

'Ministers need to find out if it works', says Committee Chair

2 April, 2019

Claimants who lose out after naturally migrating to universal credit are only ‘notional losers’

There is 'nothing to protect against' when people have had a change of circumstance, Universal Credit Director General tells Work and Pensions Committee

1 April, 2019

DWP launches new £39m universal credit ‘Help to Claim’ service

'High quality, independent advice' to be delivered by Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland

1 April, 2019

PIP mandatory reconsideration clearance times increase by 50 per cent in three months

DWP took an average 54 days to reach decisions in January 2019 compared to 36 days in October 2018

1 April, 2019

Protection of citizens’ rights in relation to EU social security coordination in event of ‘no deal’

New statutory instruments aim to ‘ensure that citizens’ rights are protected as far as possible in a no-deal scenario’

1 April, 2019

Revocation and re-enactment of bereavement support payment regulations in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

29 March, 2019

Questions on food security to be introduced in Family Resources Survey from April 2019

Minister confirms that new questions will enable DWP 'to monitor the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity at a national level and for specific groups from Spring 2021'

29 March, 2019

Protecting reciprocal rights to tax credits enjoyed by British and Irish citizens following the withdrawal of the UK from the EU

New statutory instrument

29 March, 2019

HMRC’s one-off loan charge for 'disguised remuneration schemes' does not affect calculation of earnings for housing benefit

New DWP guidance

28 March, 2019

DWP system for regulating service standards is not fit for purpose, EHRC says

Briefing note to Work and Pensions Committee recommends introduction of independent regulation so the Department can be held to account through external scrutiny

28 March, 2019

New National Statistics highlight increased poverty rates for household including children and disabled people

Figures published by the DWP show that rates of relative and absolute low income also increased for the overall population

28 March, 2019

Use of personalised language around cheating and fraud unhelpful in fostering mutual respect between claimants and the DWP

DWP-commissioned research suggests that the Department should consider highlighting its own responsibilities and commitment to helping people in financial need

28 March, 2019

‘Disappointing’ that the DWP still does not know ‘what works’ in supporting disabled people to work

New NAO report says that 'missed opportunities' over the years have left the Department with limited evidence to support its current efforts

27 March, 2019

No immediate changes to entitlement to public funds for EEA and Swiss nationals coming to UK in event of no deal Brexit

Joint announcement from Department for Exiting the European Union and DWP

27 March, 2019

Transitory provisions relating to eligibility for free school lunches and milk amended so that they apply to England only

New statutory instrument

27 March, 2019

Food bank use in Scotland almost twice as much as previously thought, Independent Food Aid Network finds

Charity estimates that independent food banks gave out nearly half a million food parcels between April 2017 and September 2018, broadly equivalent to Trussell Trust provision in the same period