4 September, 2023
1 September, 2023
Reports that consultation is to be launched next week on plan to cut the 2.4 million claimants who receive sickness benefits without conditionality 'by hundreds of thousands'
31 August, 2023
Highlighting that Department is experiencing a serious staffing crisis, PCS argues that better pay and terms and conditions would make the DWP a more attractive place to work
31 August, 2023
New analysis by CPAG highlights that, unless the DWP slows down its plans for migration, 140,000 households could have had their benefits terminated by the end of the financial year
31 August, 2023
New DWP research also reveals that while some local authorities allocated the fund proactively, others issued awards only in response to applications
31 August, 2023
Updated figures highlight there were more than 130,000 universal credit households on the caseload, an increase of almost 4,000 compared to three months earlier
30 August, 2023
25 August, 2023
Changes include removal of assurance that claimants will be advised where decision involves the use of automation
24 August, 2023
Letter to Prime Minister supports the JRF and Trussell Trust's campaign for an Essentials Guarantee to increase benefits to ensure they cover basic essentials in the cost of living crisis
22 August, 2023
New figures released by Scottish Government also show that longest call wait time in period since March 2023 was more than three hours
17 August, 2023
EHRC finds little progress has been made in meeting recommendations from the United Nation’s 2016 report that identified continued violations of disabled people’s rights
17 August, 2023
Change made to allow claimants to make electronic claims and to communicate electronically in respect of those claims
16 August, 2023
However, new statistics from Social Security Scotland also show that the average processing time for a new claim is still more than 100 days, with 16 per cent of applications taking more than 140 days to be processed
15 August, 2023
New Citizens Advice research reveals that almost half a million people are currently waiting for a PIP review, some for more than two years
15 August, 2023
New DWP statistics show that number of claimants is now 100,000 higher than previous peak during Covid-19 pandemic
15 August, 2023
New DWP statistics also show that the reason for almost all of the more than 500,000 adverse sanction decisions made in the last 12 months was failure to attend or participate in a mandatory interview
15 August, 2023
New DWP analysis also finds that, while one in five tax credit claimants who have received a migration notice contact the helpline, they rarely require support in completing the claim and are able to transition to universal credit independently
11 August, 2023
New statutory instrument
11 August, 2023
Ruling opens up the potential for other women to claim for compensation where they followed all the correct processes but were never sent the necessary claim form, says former pensions minister
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