17 December, 2020 Open access
16 December, 2020 Open access
DWP Minister also confirms that, even where callers were able to get through, more than one in five went unanswered
16 December, 2020
New statutory instrument
16 December, 2020 Open access
New Marmot Review urges government to 'build back fairer' and scrap the benefit cap and two-child policy, taper benefits to avoid cliff edges and end the five-week wait for universal credit
16 December, 2020 Open access
Learning and Work Institute and Gingerbread call for measures to address 'devastating impact' of pandemic on single parent families
15 December, 2020 Open access
Women and Equalities Committee report highlights particular concerns around universal credit claims processes and impact of no recourse to public funds policy
15 December, 2020
15 December, 2020
CI/1000/2019, CI/1001/2019 and CI/1002/2019
[2020] UKUT 297 (AAC)
15 December, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument amends Rent Officer Orders to maintain LHA rates at the levels set for 2020/2021
15 December, 2020 Open access
Cross-party MPs also seek evidence on the effect of not applying increase to legacy benefits, particularly for disabled people and carers
15 December, 2020
However, new DWP statistics also show that new claims and claimant-initiated changes of circumstances have both increased by more than 10 per cent compared to October 2019
14 December, 2020
Senior Responsible Officer for Universal Credit confirms that, following removal of SDP gateway, claimants who received the premium in their legacy benefit award will automatically be considered for a transitional payment
14 December, 2020 Open access
New survey carried out by CPAG and the Church of England finds that increased reliance on social security system has pushed families to breaking point
14 December, 2020 Open access
Recommendations of group advising SAGE on ethnicity and COVID-19 include ending the benefit cap, bedroom tax and no recourse to public funds restrictions
14 December, 2020 Open access
Update on PCS union's negotiations with the DWP reports members’ particular concerns about Work Search Reviews, which are now limited to only 10 minutes
14 December, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument includes provisions relating to easement of working hours rules and the disregarding of certain coronavirus-related payments in the calculation of tax credits
11 December, 2020 Open access
Calling for significant changes, Network says current social security system 'creates rather than prevents poverty'
11 December, 2020 Open access
Updated assessment of UK and Welsh Governments' human rights records also links increased poverty and inequality to UK-wide social security changes
11 December, 2020
Department continues to take fraud seriously and will continue to employ the full range of penalties at its disposal, Minister says