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27 March, 2018

Troubled Families Programme has achieved 'significant progress' over the past twelve months, says government

In 15 per cent of families who have met 'improvement goals', one or more adult has moved into continuous employment

26 March, 2018

DWP's estimates of impact of universal credit on employment apply only to a small group of claimants who are not affected in the same way as most other claimants

Employment rates likely to rise for some groups but fall for others, says IFS

26 March, 2018

Committee seeks views on the impact of single household payments of universal credit on survivors of domestic and financial abuse

Call for evidence launched to address concerns raised by Refuge and Women’s Aid

26 March, 2018

Paying the universal credit childcare element in arrears is a ‘fundamental design flaw’, say MPs

New report from the Treasury Committee recommends that the DWP could pay the element directly to childcare providers, or in advance in line with working tax credit policy

26 March, 2018

Scottish Government launches consultation on the form of the new Best Start Grant

New benefit will replace sure start maternity grant as part of the first wave of new Scottish benefits which will be in place by Summer 2019

26 March, 2018

78 per cent of self-employed households on low incomes in London will be £344 per month worse off under universal credit

New research from Policy in Practice shows that one in ten working-age households report earnings from self-employment

23 March, 2018

More than half of those in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest say that they will decline the offer of the new loan being introduced from April 2018

DWP publishes new statistics having made 370,000 telephone calls to claimants regarding the conversion of SMI into a loan

22 March, 2018

Government announces ‘some modifications’ to the universal credit roll-out timetable

Changes made are to 'reflect local considerations and discussions', says Work and Pensions Minister

22 March, 2018

Local authorities outline concerns about preparing for managed migration of claimants from housing benefit to universal credit

DWP publishes findings from latest local authority insight survey

22 March, 2018

Almost half of claims for housing benefit backdating cover a period of more than a month

DWP issues new survey findings on effects of backdating period having been reduced from six months in April 2016

22 March, 2018

Government issues guidance to schools on checking eligiblity for free school meals following changes to universal credit

Department for Education outlines new criteria coming into force on 1 April 2018, including transitional protection for some current free school meal recipients

22 March, 2018

Incomes of poorer households have fallen further behind middle income households in Scotland, pushing more people into poverty

New Scottish Government statistics show that the trend has impacted more on households with children

22 March, 2018

Number of pensioners in relative low income is at its highest level since around 2009/2010

New DWP statistics also show that income inequality has remained broadly flat over a similar period

22 March, 2018

Uprating of mesothelioma lump sum payments in Northern Ireland 2018/2019

New statutory rule

22 March, 2018

Benefit uprating in Northern Ireland 2018/2019

New statutory rules

21 March, 2018

Tens of thousands of people underpaid ESA by thousands of pounds each due to DWP error, says NAO

DWP 'failed to get a proper grip on the problem' for several years, and says that not everyone will be repaid all the money they missed out on

21 March, 2018

Only 76 per cent of households on universal credit in December 2017 were actually receiving a payment

New DWP statistics say there may be 'a number of reasons' why a household would not receive a payment

21 March, 2018

House of Lords votes in favour of motion to delay regulations that introduce an earnings threshold for free school meals under universal credit

Delaying the change will enable the government to ‘put their house in order’ and complete a full poverty impact assessment

21 March, 2018

84 per cent of PIP new claim mandatory reconsiderations result in no change to the award

New DWP statistics show that 78 per cent of reassessment disability living allowance (DLA) reconsiderations also result in no change