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20 November, 2023

DWP says its Service Modernisation Programme will ‘positively transform the customer experience’ through ‘more intuitive’ data-driven systems, automation and self-service’

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20 November, 2023

Amendment of social fund maternity grant provisions in Northern Ireland to reflect changes to the law applying to surrogacy arrangements

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20 November, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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17 November, 2023

HMCTS identifies high proportion of lapsed appeals and overall clearance times as potential barriers to access to justice in social security and child support appeals

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17 November, 2023

DWP outlines its plans for new WorkWell pilots to support those with a disability or health condition start, stay or succeed in work

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17 November, 2023

DLUHC moves amendments to Renters Reform Bill to overturn Supreme Court’s Rent Repayment Order ruling in Rakusen v Jepson

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17 November, 2023

IIAC issues recommendations for revised prescription for pneumoconiosis

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17 November, 2023

Extending increase in the maximum amount of the ‘right to rent’ civil penalty so that it applies across the UK statute book

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17 November, 2023

Consequential amendments to UK social security legislation in relation to the introduction of carer support payment in Scotland

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17 November, 2023

Miscellaneous amendments to disability assistance provisions in Scotland

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16 November, 2023

Government announces new ‘Back to Work Plan’ to provide employment-focused support to more than a million people alongside tougher sanctions for people who don’t look for work

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16 November, 2023

Government outlines plan to close the benefit claims of those who refuse to ‘engage with the jobcentre’

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16 November, 2023

DWP sets out measures it has in place to support vulnerable claimants, and how it is working to build on the help it currently provides

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16 November, 2023

Income from student maintenance loan that was used to pay tuition fees did not reduce the amount to be taken into account in the calculation of income for universal credit

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16 November, 2023

Miscellaneous amendments to social security legislation in relation to the introduction of carer support payment in Scotland

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16 November, 2023

Government launches consultation on reintroducing strike-breaking agency worker laws

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16 November, 2023

Department for Business and Trade publishes guidance on issuing work notices that specify the workforce required to meet minimum service levels under the Strikes Act 2023

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16 November, 2023

Homelessness assistance and allocation of housing in Wales for those fleeing situation in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon

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15 November, 2023

Chancellor urged to stick to uprating working-age benefits by September CPI rather than adopt October 2023’s lower figure

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