16 October, 2014
16 October, 2014
Report finds that forecast for welfare spending subject to a number of important risks and uncertainties and that the three largest of these relate to housing benefit, incapacity benefits and disability benefits
16 October, 2014
Target to be set at less than seven per cent despite the majority of respondents calling for a target of less than five per cent
15 October, 2014
Under proposals, reported to be being considered by Chancellor, workers would pay at least £5 per week into 'personal welfare account', offset by reduction in national insurance contributions
15 October, 2014
Private Member's Bill expected to receive second reading in House of Commons on 21 November 2014
15 October, 2014
Child poverty map of UK also shows wide disparity between local authorities from Tower Hamlets at 49 per cent to Wokingham and Shetland Islands at 10 per cent
15 October, 2014
14 October, 2014
Report considers proposals relating to attendance allowance, housing benefit, and the Work Programme
14 October, 2014
Roll-out to remaining areas to be for new single claimants previously eligible for jobseeker’s allowance, including those with existing housing benefit and tax credit claims
14 October, 2014
New edition of Touchbase also highlights changes to recovery of tax credit overpayments
14 October, 2014
New edition of Touchbase says that, under changes, providers have more than doubled number of assessments being returned to DWP and decision makers have also more than doubled their output
13 October, 2014
New DWP guidance says that, as a result of judgment, award of up to 26 weeks can be made where EEA national indicates that she intends to return to work within 15 week period after childbirth
13 October, 2014
However, none of options currently under consideration include continuation of additional funding to local authorities beyond March next year
13 October, 2014
New report also finds that around 40 per cent of reduction is due to change in how working-age benefits are uprated
10 October, 2014
Letter from Welfare Reform Committee to Esther McVey also questions whether hardship payments are having any significant effect
10 October, 2014
New report suggests how the Programme should be improved including how to better assess jobseeker needs
10 October, 2014
Committee report recommends that Department must closely monitor the number of parents that choose family-based arrangements
10 October, 2014
Draft budget for 2015/2016 specifies that this includes £35 million to support those affected by the bedroom tax
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