3 February, 2023
2 February, 2023
New IFS analysis also highlights that increase in employment rates was entirely among part-time and low-earning jobs that were unlikely to be a 'stepping stone' to better paid work
2 February, 2023
Stephen Timms says he sees no possible benefit in keeping the information hidden, and that there ought to be a public debate before the government make its decision on pension age changes, not afterwards
2 February, 2023
Increase reflects OBR's forecast of gilt rates in its November 2022 fiscal outlook
2 February, 2023
New statutory instrument
2 February, 2023
New DWP guidance
1 February, 2023
1 February, 2023
IFS evidence review highlights consequences of a benefits system that is 'largely there to patch up problems that policymakers have not found better ways of addressing'
31 January, 2023
Minister says that the change will 'support' claimants with very low incomes to access 'opportunities to increase their earnings'
31 January, 2023
Social Security Minister says that findings will inform the independent review of ADP planned for later this year
31 January, 2023
External analysis expected to provide evidence to assess the value for money of future policy options, and take into account the wider budgetary restraints on the Ministry of Justice
31 January, 2023
Along with corresponding publications in Scotland and Wales, new figures highlight that rates continue to be frozen at their April 2020 levels
30 January, 2023
However, PCS union warns Department against operating 'ghost diaries', forcing work coaches to deal with additional interviews in the following days to make up for those lost
30 January, 2023
Citizens Rights Monitoring Authority understands that affected government departments are 'working through the implications', affecting individuals who received a refusal decision between June 2021 and April 2022
30 January, 2023
However, Executive Agency advises that it is taking steps to speed things up, including the recent introduction of an option for GPs to upload supporting information online
27 January, 2023
Minister also tells Parliament that digital version of PIP2 health questionnaire is 'now offered to the majority of claimants'
26 January, 2023
In its annual review of UK poverty, JRF also highlights that elements designed into the benefits system, including the two-child limit, the benefit cap and unaffordable debt deductions, increase hardship
25 January, 2023
New research from Manchester Metropolitan University recommends that supporting people into work should be a shared agenda with employers playing a central role
25 January, 2023
Age UK analysis finds that any further rise in pension age will extend the financial hardship already experienced by some of the most vulnerable 50 to 64-year-olds among the 3.5 million who are classified as economically inactive
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