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26 July, 2024

Government says it will be ‘considering our own approach to social security’ in due course

Minister also confirms that the government will be engaging with responses to the previous government's consultation on PIP reform which closed this week

26 July, 2024

Welsh Government announces £36 million in funding for advice services over next three financial years

Funding will provide stability for services during period when more people need their help, says Minister

25 July, 2024

‘Fast moving’ policy environment requiring regular changes to DWP’s Move to UC guidance does not outweigh public interest in its disclosure

Information Commissioner's Office requires Department to release guidance, saying that appealing against procedural errors or understanding how a decision has been made is more difficult without it

25 July, 2024

Factors to consider in assessing whether a person is absent from Great Britain solely in connection with medical treatment for the purposes of qualifying for ESA

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v NJ
[2024] UKUT 194 (AAC)
UA-2023-000574-ESA ,000576-ESA

24 July, 2024

Two-thirds of the public favour supporting claimants into work rather than applying strict and prescriptive job-seeking requirements

New Economics Foundation research also finds that current conditionality regime makes it less likely that people will get into good jobs and pushes many from engaging with the jobcentre at all

24 July, 2024

Compensation for injury to feelings in settlement of an employment tribunal claim is not ‘compensation for personal injury’ that can be disregarded as capital in the calculation of universal credit

DR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (UC)
[2024] UKUT 196 (AAC)
UA-2023-000712-USTA

24 July, 2024

Tribunal erred in failing to consider PIP advance claim provisions and to warn claimant that it intended to remove his award

SR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2024] UKUT 198 (AAC)
UA-2023-001826-PIP

23 July, 2024

Commons votes against King’s Speech amendment calling for abolition of the two-child limit

Amendment defeated by 363 votes to 103, with 7 Labour MPs voting in its favour

23 July, 2024

DWP needs to be transformed from a department for welfare to become a ‘genuine’ department for work, says Work and Pensions Secretary

Liz Kendall says that a Getting Britain Working White Paper will lay the plans to 'kickstart' economic growth and reach an 80 per cent employment rate

23 July, 2024

Determining which EU Member State is competent to pay benefits for an economically inactive claimant where they have an economically active family member in another EU State

DWP issues guidance on the effect of the Court of Appeal's ruling in Harrington v SSWP

23 July, 2024

DWP’s Service Modernisation Programme is critical to transforming customer service, yet its scale and complexity mean delivery involves significant risk

National Audit Office says that while the Department has a good understanding of the issues that need to be addressed to improve customer service, it must now set out how it will assess whether its actions are working and how it will track progress towards its goals

23 July, 2024

SNP King’s Speech amendment calling for abolition of the two-child limit selected by the Speaker for Commons vote

Amendment will be voted on later today, along with call from Liberal Democrat leader for action in relation to social care and support for carers

22 July, 2024

National Audit Office qualifies opinion on DWP accounts for 36th year running due to level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure

Issues highlighted include that more than £9 billion of benefits were overpaid in 2023/2024, with two thirds of all overpayments by value relating to universal credit

22 July, 2024

DWP’s Green Paper for reform of personal independence payment is ‘unfit for purpose’, says NAWRA

Advice sector membership body calls on new government to ensure that any future proposals are put together in full consultation with disabled people and the organisations that represent them

22 July, 2024

Northern Ireland Government confirms it will reinstate automatic ‘passporting’ to help with health costs for those eligible under universal credit

Health Minister says that a consultation and other work to update legislation is to be completed by the end of the autumn

18 July, 2024

Labour’s Plan to Get Britain Working will tackle economic inactivity and ‘break down barriers to a brighter future’

Responding to new ONS data published today, Work and Pensions Secretary says the current state of the labour market is 'truly dire'

18 July, 2024

Amendments tabled to King’s Speech calling for the abolition of the two-child limit

SNP amendment has cross-party support from MPs in Plaid Cymru, the Greens as well as independents, and is echoed by amendment tabled by Labour MP Kim Johnson

18 July, 2024

DWP confirms that Invited Digital service has been extended to include use by third parties

However, Department advises that this does not include official appointees, deputies or those with a Power of Attorney

17 July, 2024

Government appoints ministerial taskforce to begin work on developing child poverty strategy

Ministers will 'leave no stone unturned' to give every child the best start at life, says Prime Minister

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