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11 March, 2014

Prescription charges for drugs and appliances and help with NHS dental charges and travel costs

New statutory instrument increases prescription and dental charges and extends entitlement of universal credit claimants to exemption from NHS charges and assistance with NHS travel costs

11 March, 2014

Help with NHS costs in Wales

New statutory instruments increase value of help with optical charges and make changes to NHS legislation to take into account introduction of universal credit

11 March, 2014

Housing benefit performance support and inspections in 2014/2015

New HB guidance

11 March, 2014

National insurance earnings limits and thresholds for 2014/2015

New statutory instruments

10 March, 2014

Going ‘too far and too fast’ on cuts to DWP spending could put reform agenda at risk

Leaked internal review warns that Department's cuts strategy needs to consider quality and effectiveness of services in addition to level of savings

10 March, 2014

Labour’s Compulsory Jobs Guarantee to be extended to whole of next parliament

'A Labour government will tax the bankers' bonuses and put our young people back to work', says Ed Miliband

10 March, 2014

Scottish Government publishes Child Poverty Strategy for 2014-2017

Revised strategy focuses on maximising household resources, improving wellbeing and life chances and ensuring that children live in well designed, sustainable places

10 March, 2014

Employers’ records of statutory sick pay in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

10 March, 2014

Mortgage lenders’ contributions to the cost of the Mortgage Interest Direct Scheme

New statutory instrument

7 March, 2014

Maternity Allowance for women who 'help out' in their husband’s or civil partner’s business

DWP provides update on proposed new regulations

7 March, 2014

Poor performing Work Programme providers need to ‘up their game’, says Minister

'Enhanced performance management regime' to be introduced, as provider in the North East has contract terminated

6 March, 2014

DWP appoints Dr Paul Litchfield to carry out fifth independent review of work capability assessment

Review's terms of reference include evaluating perceptions of objectivity surrounding assessment and monitoring implementation of previous recommendations

6 March, 2014

Over 27,700 households had their housing benefit capped in January 2014

New DWP statistics also show that 10,920 households no longer subject to cap, with 36 per cent of those exempt due to working tax credit claim

6 March, 2014

DWP concerned that around half of Universal Jobmatch vacancies may breach website's terms and conditions

Letter to Frank Field MP reveals that Department investigating 179 accounts advertising more than 350,000 jobs

6 March, 2014

Court of Appeal’s dismissal of bedroom tax challenge

New DWP guidance to local authorities on MA & Others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

6 March, 2014

Uprating of pneumoconiosis compensation payments and mesothelioma lump sum payments in Northern Ireland

New statutory rules

5 March, 2014

Social cost of family breakdown much higher than financial cost, says Lord Freud

Article in Telegraph emphasises 'clear duty' to promote stable families so as to 'ensure stable futures for children'

5 March, 2014

Amendments to the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) England Regulations 2012

New statutory instrument provides corrections to errors in December's amending regulations

5 March, 2014

Help with the cost of glasses or contact lenses

New statutory instrument