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7 November, 2017

Government rejects call to abolish seven waiting days at start of universal credit claims

Response to Lords Committee on Financial Exclusion report also dismisses recommendations to introduce flexible payments and direct payment of housing costs to tenants

7 November, 2017

Foodbank referrals increase by 30 per cent in full service universal credit areas

New report from the Trussell Trust also shows that 43 per cent of all referrals are caused by benefit payment issues

6 November, 2017

Lone parents will be £2,380 a year worse off due to cuts in universal credit compared to what it first promised, says CPAG

New research, carried out with the Institute for Public Policy Research, highlights that cuts will lead to a million more children in poverty

3 November, 2017

Changes to the Funeral Expenses Payments Scheme to be introduced from next year

Changes include increasing the time limit to claim, and disregarding contributions from charities, friends and relatives

2 November, 2017

Approximately 400,000 more children will be in poverty as a result of benefit changes by 2021/2022

New report from the IFS also highlights that the 'two child limit' will contribute to regional variations of the impact

2 November, 2017

DWP updates PIP assessment guide to reflect case law relating to ability to carry out an activity safely

New guidance confirms that the DWP will be trawling existing cases to identify claimants who may be entitled to increased benefit

2 November, 2017

One in five DLA claimants refused PIP after reassessment by Independent Assessment Services

Written answer from Minister for Disabled People confirms that more than 125,000 claimants have been disallowed up to 31 July 2017

2 November, 2017

Evidence is mounting that universal credit is not working for single parents, says Gingerbread

New report finds that single parents of three and four year old children are being put in an 'impossible bind' by universal credit work conditionality

2 November, 2017

Government announces launch of first Courts & Tribunals Service Centres

New centres in Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent part of £1 billion reform programme to digitise the justice system

2 November, 2017

Majority of households stop being subject to the benefit cap for reasons other than working

New DWP statistics show that 41 per cent of benefit cap ’off-flow’ is due to an open working tax credit claim, while 59 per cent is for non work related reasons

2 November, 2017

DWP responsibilities for delivery of flexible payment choices to new full service universal credit claimants in Scotland

New DWP guidance

1 November, 2017

DWP announces providers for the Work and Health Programme

October edition of Touchbase highlights that London and Greater Manchester are selecting own providers under devolution deals

1 November, 2017

More than two thirds of households subject to the bedroom tax in Great Britain include a disabled family member

DWP figures also show that 9 per cent of all social housing tenants have had bedroom tax deductions

31 October, 2017

Government publishes new proposals for funding supported housing from April 2020

Having abandoned a 'one size fits all' approach, government proposes three separate funding groups

31 October, 2017

58 per cent of those moving onto universal credit from employment were paid fortnightly or weekly in previous job

Resolution Foundation calls for seven waiting days to be scrapped as the first step in reducing the six week wait for benefit

31 October, 2017

14 per cent of Scottish Welfare Fund crisis grant applications are due to delayed benefit payments

New statistics from the Scottish Government also show that crisis grant applications are up 11 per cent compared to the same time last year

30 October, 2017

LITRG calls for universal credit system for the self-employed to be improved

New report highlights that without change there is a real possibility that people will be discouraged from starting self-employment and existing claimants will be forced to give up work

30 October, 2017

30,000 disabled people in Scotland expected to lose benefit once PIP roll-out completes, says Scottish Government

New report also estimates that up to 10,000 ESA claimants per year are set to lose the work-related activity component

27 October, 2017

New evidence before the Work and Pensions Committee shows that many advance payments of universal credit are being recovered too quickly

Chair of the Committee says evidence is 'most damning' he has ever read on DWP maladministration