12 February, 2025
12 February, 2025
In evidence to Work and Pensions Select Committee, Department sets out details of plan to make additional payments due following success of multiple legal challenges
12 February, 2025
Action to be taken to address landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit in return for providing squalid homes for the most vulnerable
12 February, 2025
However, Minister says that, given the package of support that is already available, no one should be in the position of having to wait for five weeks without receiving any assistance
12 February, 2025
New statutory rule
12 February, 2025
New statutory instrument
12 February, 2025
11 February, 2025
DWP Minister also confirms that under the new Functional Assessment Service contracts, a paper-based assessment will always be considered in the first instance for all cases
11 February, 2025
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v MJ
[2025] UKUT 035 (AAC)
UA-2023-000561-USTA
11 February, 2025
DWP guidance issued to local authority staff on regulations extending capital disregard
10 February, 2025
With scrutiny of the Bill due to commence on 25 February 2025, the Committee strongly advises that evidence be submitted as soon as possible
10 February, 2025
Statistics provided in response to written question also show that the total number of assessments completed has increased each year since 2021
7 February, 2025
KS v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2025] UKUT 015 (AAC)
UA-2024-000320-ULCW
6 February, 2025
New DWP research also finds that, while claimants are open to receiving employment support, many fear being forced to look for unsuitable work and feeling 'coerced, monitored or blamed' rather than genuinely supported
6 February, 2025
New DWP statistics also show that more than half of jobcentres had an average sanction rate of 5.7 per cent
6 February, 2025
W v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2025] UKUT 026 (AAC)
UA-2023-000662-CA
5 February, 2025
In evidence to Work and Pensions Select Committee, Senior Responsible Owner for universal credit also says that the attrition rate for legacy benefits other than tax credits is 'basically zero'
5 February, 2025
Revised Memo to decision makers highlighted by CPAG this week replaces previous 2024 guidance that said destitute third-country nationals could not rely on the judgment
5 February, 2025
Leigh Day highlights that while the Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that the widowed parent's allowance rules were discriminatory, and subsequent legislative changes extended eligibility to unmarried, cohabiting parents, the changes only apply to claims made after August 2018
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