10 July, 2023
10 July, 2023
New analysis finds that more than 100,000 more people are expected to have been in poverty in 2022/2023 compared to the previous year as a result of changes in the policies
7 July, 2023
NAO Auditor General also repeats call for the Department to put in place a measurement for detected underpayments across all benefits, in light of a record £3.3 billion of underpayments in 2022/2023
7 July, 2023
However, evidence review acknowledges that moving to a fully ‘individualised’ benefits system would be costly and less effective at targeting resources at those most at risk of experiencing financial hardship
7 July, 2023
New DMG Memo includes guidance on 13-week 'run-on' period of award after a claimant has left England or Wales and becomes permanently resident in Scotland
6 July, 2023
Giving evidence to Public Accounts Committee, Peter Schofield says Programme will cover 20 per cent of the country by 2026 and be fully operational from 2029
6 July, 2023
6 July, 2023
Memo highlights that EU citizens with pre-settled status are being denied access to benefits even where they have a right to reside or where staying of the decision on their claim is causing hardship
6 July, 2023
Universal Credit Senior Responsible Owner tells Select Committee that Department has modified payment dates so they are not in a 13 week cycle
6 July, 2023
Department aims to have stepped this up to 80,000 a month by the end of the year, Universal Credit Senior Responsible Owner tells Select Committee
6 July, 2023
Committee Chair says failure to address long-standing and well-known problems will do little to alleviate the daily frustrations and distress encountered by many parents
6 July, 2023
More than 200,000 people who claimed child benefit before May 2000 may be affected, with women in their 60s and 70s most likely to have lost out
5 July, 2023
New statutory instrument provides for new deadline of 5 April 2025
5 July, 2023
Designed to encourage inactive 50s to stay in and return to work, Department says service will help deliver on the government’s priority to 'grow the economy'
5 July, 2023
Council says that its proposal has been drawn up in light of recognition that the current prescription may not reflect modern working practices
5 July, 2023
New independent body would play a similar role to the IIAC, with a range of functions including scrutinising employment injuries assistance legislation and carrying out research on workplace injury or disease
5 July, 2023
New housing benefit guidance provides details of additional New Burdens funding of around £115,000
5 July, 2023
Comptroller and Auditor General also finds that decreasing number of judicial reviews does not support the view that there is an increasing appetite to challenge decisions made by public bodies through the process
3 July, 2023
Grants awarded to 59 organisations across England and Wales to fund free legal advice and support services for those facing welfare, housing, family or debt issues
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