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16 June, 2010

Awarding retirement pension without requiring a claim

DWP response to consultation on draft regulations

15 June, 2010

Help with health costs and travel expenses in Northern Ireland

New regulations increase the income and capital limits for people in residential care homes

15 June, 2010

Changes in the registration of social housing in England

New HB guidance

11 June, 2010

Social security is 'principally a national competence rather than an EU competence' says Minister for Employment

Ministerial Statement on the EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council

11 June, 2010

Labour MP, Anne Begg, elected as Chair of Work and Pensions Select Committee

Parliament announces result of election held on 9 June 2010

11 June, 2010

New Work Programme to be in place nationally by Summer 2011

Government 'determined to move quickly' according to Ministerial Statement

11 June, 2010

Radical reform of child benefit being considered by Frank Field

Chair of review on poverty and life chances looking at ending payments when child reaches age 13 or 14

10 June, 2010

Payment of employment and support allowance where an appeal has been made in Northern Ireland

New Statutory Rule

10 June, 2010

Co-ordination of social security provision within the EU under EC Regulation 883/2004

New DWP Guidance

9 June, 2010

Government confirms cuts to social security and tax credit budgets

Treasury publishes Spending Review Framework

8 June, 2010

Shelving of plan to extend free school meals is a £600 'tax' bombshell for low income families in work says CPAG

Response to announcement made in letter to Ed Balls from Secretary of State for Education

8 June, 2010

Frank Field to chair review on poverty and life chances

Labour MP to report to David Cameron by the end of the year

7 June, 2010

Lord Freud proposes ‘black box’ approach to new work programmes

'We will judge you by your results and pay you accordingly' Minister for Welfare Reform tells providers

2 June, 2010

Extra help with fuel bills for pension credit claimants

New DWP policy document on the Energy Rebate Scheme

1 June, 2010

Making local housing allowance payments direct to claimant’s landlord

New DWP good practice guide in response to concerns about how 'safeguards' administered

28 May, 2010

Pathways to Work programme has had 'limited impact' and provides 'poor value for money' says National Audit Office

New report also finds no evidence that contracted out services performing better than Jobcentre Plus

28 May, 2010

Citizens Advice welcomes proposals for prescription charge reform

Response to Department of Health review on the reform of prescription charges for people with long term conditions.

28 May, 2010

Campaigners in Scotland concerned with government's focus on conditionality, sanctions and reassessing claimants onto lower levels of benefit

CPAG in Scotland, the Poverty Alliance and Citizens Advice Scotland respond to Secretary of State's welfare reform proposals

28 May, 2010

Benefits worth £1.3bn underpaid last year

DWP publishes new fraud and error statistics