8 June, 2023
7 June, 2023
In addition, DRUK asks IPSO to consider if its guidance to the press in relation to disablist narratives and language is sufficiently robust
6 June, 2023
However, Neil Couling tells Public Accounts Committee that the universal credit programme's reset was a traumatic event for staff who saw it as a failure
6 June, 2023
Information about the nature and operation of algorithms could be used to 'defraud the benefit system and impact the public purse', says Minister
5 June, 2023
Community-led projects seeking funding to trial the payments over a two-year period before evaluating the impact on those taking part
5 June, 2023
Underpinned by human rights, plan includes a 'Cash-First Programme' integrated with money advice and wider support
2 June, 2023
1 June, 2023
Instead, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion finds that negative income shocks caused by the policy push people further away from the labour market
1 June, 2023
While majority of eligible families will receive payments automatically from 1 June 2023, some will need to make applications before the payment window closes on 29 February 2024
31 May, 2023
In addition, DWP confirms that, from the same date, claimants will be able to receive help with their childcare costs up front when they enter work or significantly increase their hours
31 May, 2023
New statutory instrument also provides for disregard of upfront childcare costs met by the Flexible Support Fund
31 May, 2023
New statutory rule also removes the general requirement to have obtained the advice of a healthcare professional to verify a claim
31 May, 2023
New statutory rule
31 May, 2023
Updated figures highlight there were almost 150,000 universal credit claimants on the caseload, an increase of around 16,000 compared to a year earlier
30 May, 2023
However, following Scottish Government's decision to provide additional funding to help mitigate the cap in full from 1 January 2023, spending increased by 35 per cent
26 May, 2023
DWP Minister announces outcome of procurement process for Functional Assessment Services contracts in four out of five geographical lot areas
26 May, 2023
Minister also confirms that less than 50,000 calls were answered in each four-week period, despite earlier assurance that extra staff had been deployed to manage increased demand
25 May, 2023
In addition, DWP confirms that it is starting a discovery phase for moving couples to universal credit in all managed migration areas
25 May, 2023
With reforms due to roll out nationally from 2029, Department says it will use a Theory of Change Logic Model to achieve the Programme's key strategic outcomes
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