27 August, 2014
26 August, 2014
Scottish Government advises that spend, which represents more than 80 per cent of yearly allocation, is in recognition of agreement that local authorities can exceed current budget limit ahead of legislation to remove it
22 August, 2014
New analysis commissioned by the TUC also shows that pensioner families will lose out
20 August, 2014
New report argues that reforms to improve participant experience, assessment accuracy and employment support are 'urgently needed'
19 August, 2014
New report on Major Projects Authority also finds that it should publish more information and publish it more frequently, even if this means reviewing government's transparency policy
19 August, 2014
New figures also show that more than 48,000 achieved prescribed education and crime/anti-social behaviour results, leading to total of nearly 53,000 families 'turned around'
19 August, 2014
18 August, 2014
David Cameron also announces that troubled families programme to be extended to additional 400,000 families over course of next Parliament
18 August, 2014
New report also suggests that those who take up offer of treatment be placed in ESA support group, with reduction in benefit or sanctions for those who decline treatment or fail to carry out agreed steps
18 August, 2014
Change will enable the DWP to inform housing associations at the earliest opportunity that their tenants have made a universal credit claim, reports the National Housing Federation
15 August, 2014
People should get 'fair warning' before their money is taken away, says Work and Pensions Minister
15 August, 2014
Response to fifth independent review of the WCA says that there are some 'very obvious improvements' that could easily be made
15 August, 2014
Figures provide final national statistics on caseloads for all the main DWP administered benefits up to the end of February 2014
14 August, 2014
New DWP guidance advises that sanctioned claimants being signposted to local authority to avoid housing benefit claims being 'cancelled in error', with long term IT solution to be introduced in Autumn 2014
14 August, 2014
New DWP guidance following Upper Tribunal decision that earnings should be attributed over period following receipt rather over period for which they are paid
13 August, 2014
New DWP statistics show that 42,900 sanctions applied to 39,600 claimants in that period
13 August, 2014
New report finds that introduction of PIP will lead to total reduction in spending of £310m a year by 2017/2018
13 August, 2014
New DWP statistics also show that more than one million sanctions applied to JSA claimants since beginning of new sanctions regime
13 August, 2014
New DWP statistics also show that over six in ten of the caseload are under 25
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