25 January, 2023
25 January, 2023
New statutory instrument
24 January, 2023
Minister also tells Parliament that, while the Department knows there have been delays, 'that is partly because the number of claims doubled in 2022'
23 January, 2023
However, Minister adds that Order still has to be debated and approved by both Houses of Parliament, and it is not yet known when this will happen
23 January, 2023
Report on draft uprating regulations also calls for government to consider re-examining earnings thresholds in view of impact of inflation on prices for basic necessities such as food and fuel
20 January, 2023
New Work and Pensions Committee report repeats 2018 call on government to remove requirement for childcare costs to be paid upfront
20 January, 2023
20 January, 2023
Written answer from DWP Minister also shows that more than 270,000 claimants were assessed as having LCW in that month
19 January, 2023
Writing to Work and Pensions Committee, Mel Stride says that 'there will always be some people who will not qualify'
19 January, 2023
New statutory instrument
18 January, 2023
However, Gingerbread CEO says that it is 'extremely disappointing' that government has not committed to exempting survivors of abuse from 'Collect and Pay' charges amounting to 4 per cent of maintenance collected
17 January, 2023
New DWP figures also show that average deduction from August 2022 award for those households was £70
17 January, 2023
Written answer from Minister follows former Work and Pensions Secretary's July 2022 statement that there are 'currently no plans' to develop official statistics on universal credit WCAs
17 January, 2023
New circular includes information on timing of housing benefit uprating and how uprating of other benefits should be applied in housing benefit assessments
16 January, 2023
Submissions from more than 70 civil society organisations will begin process of 'holding government to account' in lead up to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' review of the UK
16 January, 2023
Advised by a cross-party commission of experts, Bright Blue think thank sets out a 'pathway of reform' including a new 'minimum living' income recommended by the SSAC, and a new, higher-level and time-limited contribution element in universal credit
16 January, 2023
New DWP guidance
13 January, 2023
New DWP figures also show that 135,000 households that were entitled to a disabled child element had a deduction in the same month
13 January, 2023
Commission is looking in particular at how support is organised at a national and local level, and the role and function of Jobcentre Plus and wider contracted or commissioned support
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