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18 January, 2024

Miscellaneous amendments to council tax reduction schemes in Wales for 2024/2025

New statutory instrument also provides for the uprating of figures used to calculate reductions under the scheme for pensioners

17 January, 2024

At 20 per cent understaffed, the jobcentre network is ‘feeling the pain’ of DWP’s staffing crisis the most, says PCS

Highlighting that members are unable to offer the service required to claimants as they are overworked and very stressed, union accuses Department of not treating the situation seriously

17 January, 2024

DWP finds that IIAC delivers ‘high quality, well thought out recommendations’ based on the ‘highest standards of research and analysis’

Internal review praises service provided by Council 'for a nominal amount of public money', and makes minor recommendations to support the effective arrangements already in place

17 January, 2024

Bill incorporating United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child into Scottish law receives Royal Assent

New Act requires Scottish public authorities to protect children's human rights when delivering devolved functions

16 January, 2024

DWP advises that there will be a delay in uprating transitional SDP element for existing universal credit claimants

While new qualifying awards of universal credit from 14 February 2024 will receive the uprated element, the Department says it has no timescale in place for when current awards will be adjusted

16 January, 2024

Public Accounts Committee launches consultation on whether the legal aid system is delivering value for money

Views sought on subjects including effectiveness of LASPO, access to justice, and sustainability of legal aid market

16 January, 2024

More than £1.6 billion was deducted from 3.5 million households in receipt of universal credit in 2022/2023

Figures provided by DWP Minister also show that more than 40 per cent of deductions were used to repay advance payments

15 January, 2024

Public Accounts Committee launches inquiry into the progress the DWP has made in implementing universal credit

Views sought on the Department's plans to undertake managed migration effectively, support for vulnerable claimants, and the associated implementation costs

15 January, 2024

Ensuring state pension is not affected for those who had payments from the Windrush Compensation Scheme for loss of access to employment

New guidance advises that Home Office will pass details of all those affected to the DWP to check national insurance records, and fill any gaps that would lead to increased pension

15 January, 2024

Increases in the transitional severe disability premium element in universal credit in Northern Ireland for those who were entitled to other disability premiums prior to migrating

New statutory rule made in response to High Court judgment in January 2022 which found that failure to compensate claimants for loss of additional disability premiums was unlawful

12 January, 2024

More than a fifth of registered PIP appeals were lapsed before tribunal hearing in 2022/2023

Information on appeals in England and Wales provided by DWP Minister in response to written question in Parliament

12 January, 2024

Miscellaneous amendments to council tax reduction schemes in England for 2024/2025

New statutory instrument also provides for the uprating of figures used to calculate reductions under the scheme for pensioners

11 January, 2024

Government launches call for evidence to feed into its ongoing review of civil legal aid

MoJ seeks views to strengthen its evidence base and feed into the development of short and long-term policy solutions

11 January, 2024

Overall perception of workload among DWP staff is ‘more positive this year than last year’, says Department’s Permanent Secretary

Mr Schofield adds that Department is recruiting further work coaches to increase numbers from 14,000 at the end of last year to 16,000 by March 2024

11 January, 2024

DWP recommends considering voluntarily referring regulations that fall within six months of primary legislation to SSAC for informal scrutiny

Following an internal review of the Committee, the Department says that the change could be helpful to ensure impacts of new legislation have been fully considered

11 January, 2024

DWP confirms plan to enable third parties to use online apply for PIP service to make a claim on someone else’s behalf

Minister says that the Department will be working closely with stakeholders over the coming months to develop the service

11 January, 2024

MSPs recommend that Holyrood does not support Bill to establish a Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council

Social Justice and Social Security Committee doubts that the Bill will achieve its aims and considers that the timing is wrong

11 January, 2024

Enabling social security information-sharing with local authorities and the Public Guardian where Scottish Ministers believe a person with whom they have come into contact is at risk of harm

New statutory instrument

11 January, 2024

Increasing local housing allowance rates to 30th percentile for 2024/2025 in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule