7 March, 2019
6 March, 2019
Subject to cross-government approval, programme now due to be completed by 2023
6 March, 2019
Written answer to Parliament says this will enable Departments to understand the impacts on passported benefits they administer
6 March, 2019
New report recommends removal of requirement for evidence of violence within last six months and extension of period without work-related requirements to 12 months
6 March, 2019
New DWP statistics show a total debt of £2.11 billion as at July 2018, up by £87 million on the same point in the previous year
6 March, 2019
Letter to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions also says this seems to be happening without consideration of whether the move leaves claimants worse off
5 March, 2019
5 March, 2019
New NAO report concludes that Verify is 'an example of many of the failings in major programmes that we often see, including optimism bias and failure to set clear objectives'
5 March, 2019
Responding to Work and Pensions Committee report, government also says that it will not start migration of ESA claimants to universal credit until process of reviewing and correcting ESA underpayments is complete
5 March, 2019
'We will not replicate a process that causes stress and anxiety', says Social Security Secretary
5 March, 2019
Written answer to parliament includes advice that claimant who is sleeping rough can use local jobcentre as their address and that work coaches can use biographical questions to identify someone without ID
4 March, 2019
New statutory instrument
1 March, 2019
New statutory rule
28 February, 2019
Plans include for new claims for disability assistance for children and young people to start in summer 2020 and for delivery of PIP replacement for working age people in 2021
28 February, 2019
Pilot of processes to be tested in personal independence payment appeals with option for appellants to accept a ‘preliminary view’ to avoid the need for an oral hearing
28 February, 2019
However, new research published by the DWP concludes that it has shown 'high and improving' levels of understanding about universal credit amongst claimants
28 February, 2019
Department says that the figure had not been published with its latest customer survey results 'due to an oversight'
28 February, 2019
Response to Select Committee inquiry also says the Scheme has supported almost half of claimants that choose the extended retention period beyond 26 weeks until their appeals are decided
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