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21 July, 2015

Public Bill Committee calls for evidence on Welfare Reform and Work Bill

Written submissions sought on factual matters the Committee should be aware of and suggested amendments

21 July, 2015

Social Security Advisory Committee sets out key issues that need to be addressed to ensure effective roll-out of universal credit

Recommendations in today's report include pause in further conditionality, detailed plan for transferring tax credit awards and continued commitment to addressing risks arising from payment procedures

21 July, 2015

Further roll-out of universal credit between September 2015 and April 2016

New statutory instrument

21 July, 2015

Welfare Reform and Work Bill receives second reading in House of Commons

MPs vote in favour of Bill by 308 to 124 following rejection of Labour's reasoned amendment

21 July, 2015

36,760 people assisted by Access to Work between April 2014 and March 2015

New DWP statistics show increase from 35,560 the previous year

21 July, 2015

Biggest challenge for local authorities in preparing for universal credit is lack of clear information on timescales and future plans

Finding of new DWP commissioned research by Ipsos MORI

20 July, 2015

Phasing out of pension credit assessed income periods and restriction of savings element for some mixed-age couples

New statutory instrument

17 July, 2015

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into welfare-to-work provision

With current contracts due to expire in 2017, the Committee seeks possible recommendations for reform

17 July, 2015

National Audit Office qualifies its opinion on tax credits expenditure in 2014/2015

HMRC has no estimate of level of error and fraud in 2014/2015 and so Comptroller and Auditor General unable to confirm that awards conform with authorities

16 July, 2015

Almost two-thirds of children in poverty now live in working families

New report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies also warns that benefit cuts will put upward pressure on absolute poverty

16 July, 2015

National Audit Office qualifies its opinion on DWP accounts for 2014/2015

Overall value of fraud and error in benefit expenditure remains 'unacceptably high', says Comptroller and Auditor General

16 July, 2015

Changes to what is ‘approved training’ for child benefit purposes

New statutory instrument

15 July, 2015

More than 2 million children are living in an 'out-of-work benefit household', according to new official statistics

However, government says that since May 2010 the overall trend in the total number of children in out-of-work benefit households has decreased

15 July, 2015

Less than 150,000 universal credit claims have been made since introduction of benefit in 2013

New government statistics also highlight that there were approximately 75,000 live claims as of 11 June 2015

15 July, 2015

Phasing out of pension credit assessed income periods

New regulations also provide for limiting of savings credit for certain mixed-age couples

15 July, 2015

Government publishes new National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill

Bill includes measures to limit increases in national insurance contributions and the Upper Earnings Limit for the duration of this Parliament

14 July, 2015

Universal credit staff to strike on 20 and 21 July over ‘increasingly oppressive working conditions’

PCS says that almost 1,500 of its members in Bolton and Glasgow will take part in two-day strike with further industrial action to continue until mid-August

14 July, 2015

Delayed hardship payment statistics to be published ‘over the summer’

Employment Minister tells parliament that delay 'will allow more recent figures to be included than those that could be included in May'