22 April, 2024
22 April, 2024
In a letter to DWP Minister, Cabinet Secretary highlights the impact the cost of living crisis is having on students and suggests that disregarding loans 'would very much support your Back to Work agenda by improving their long term job prospects'
19 April, 2024
Measures to introduce a more 'objective and rigorous approach' set out as part of speech outlining 'moral mission' to remove barriers to work
19 April, 2024
Change, that will see all migration notices sent by the end of December 2025, will give people 'more access to the world of work', says Prime Minister
19 April, 2024
New thresholds of £892 for individual claimants and £1,437 for couples come into effect from 13 May 2024
19 April, 2024
Views sought on plan to offer integrated employment and healthcare services to those seeking a fit note
19 April, 2024
18 April, 2024
Expert legal advice commissioned by civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch questions the lawfulness of measures included in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
18 April, 2024
New DWP figures also estimate that the LCW caseload will reduce by more than 30,000 by 2028/2029, with these claimants instead falling within the intensive work search group of universal credit
17 April, 2024
National rollout of the new benefit expected to complete in April 2025, with phased transfer of existing attendance allowance claimants to start 'early' next year
17 April, 2024
In response, Gordon Lyons says that he does not 'support or defend the two-child limit in any way', and should be in a position to produce a report on the proposal before the end of the calendar year, if not sooner
16 April, 2024
Issuing a written statement, Minister adds that individuals affected by the change will be contacted by the Department through their universal credit journal and will have their claimant commitments reviewed
15 April, 2024
Reform was designed to meet the problem of high unemployment in the 2010s, and did not anticipate there being more than two million claimants with poor health or disabilities who are among the biggest losers in the move to the new benefit
15 April, 2024
Finding there is a 'significant and weighty' public interest in understanding and being able to scrutinise the policy, Commissioner orders Department to publish requested information within 35 days
15 April, 2024
Promotion means that there is once again a dedicated Minister of State for Disability following redeployment of previous role holder in December 2023
12 April, 2024
New Housing Benefit Circular confirms details of almost £24 million being provided to meet 'New Burdens' incurred by councils
11 April, 2024
With both Conservative and Labour having expressed their desire to support disabled people into work, academics highlight that politicians need to work out what role they envisage the sector having in contributing to the policy
10 April, 2024
Households in the current Move to UC cohort in receipt of ESA will have additional contact, while system checks will be carried out to identify additional support needs for households receiving income support
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