29 September, 2017
29 September, 2017
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman recommends that a council should compensate the claimant and take action to refer more than 500 other delayed appeals that remain outstanding
29 September, 2017
New DWP guidance
29 September, 2017
New statutory rule also introduces an upper earnings threshold of £408 per universal credit assessment period to limit those eligible for Healthy Start vouchers
27 September, 2017
Process will also seek to avoid unnecessary barriers that prevent timely access to a tribunal, Scottish Government says in new policy position paper
27 September, 2017
Following the fire in Grenfell Tower, roll-out has been postponed a second time from 4 October 2017 to 26 September 2018
25 September, 2017
22 September, 2017
Department for Communities publishes postcodes where new benefit will be introduced from 27 September 2017
22 September, 2017
Notifications issued by the DWP when a housing benefit claimant moves onto universal credit will now be uploaded directly to local authority systems
21 September, 2017
New report looks at single parents’ finances, focusing on what has helped and hindered single parents in finding financial security
21 September, 2017
Writing to the Work and Pensions Secretary, Frank Field seeks clarification of 'traffic light' scores for full service roll-out criteria
21 September, 2017
New research from the Chartered Institute of Housing finds housing associations are refusing nominations to households unable to pay rent due to limited welfare assistance
21 September, 2017
However, new DWP research also finds that 44 per cent of local authorities reported either no reduction in housing benefit fraud and error or were uncertain if extra activities led to any local impact
20 September, 2017
Grant payments will be worth £300 a year, and will be in place from autumn 2019
19 September, 2017
Statement to Parliament also confirms the introduction of 'universal credit flexibilities' from 4 October 2017
18 September, 2017
We must begin to wonder what more evidence the government needs before it heeds the unanimous call we are hearing from front line providers, says chair of Work and Pensions Committee
18 September, 2017
Jon Thompson tells Select Committee that level of error and fraud is likely to rise as a result of decisions by Treasury Ministers
18 September, 2017
Minister for Social Security also confirms second major site in Glasgow, enhanced by a local presence across Scotland
18 September, 2017
Frank Field comments on the latest DWP statistics on the roll-out of universal credit
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