17 January, 2025
17 January, 2025
Report on draft uprating regulations also calls for government to adopt a more predictable approach to annual up-rating of earning thresholds to provide greater certainty to carers
17 January, 2025
Communities Minister urges people to respond to ensure that they receive the financial support they are entitled to
16 January, 2025
Social Justice Secretary advises Scottish Commission on Social Security that new provisions are planned to replace current ‘determination without application’ for cross-border movers from September 2025
15 January, 2025
Parliamentary Ombudsman reports that the Department will provide a 'comparable remedy' to anyone who approaches it with a similar experience
15 January, 2025
Torsten Bell's appointment follows Emma Reynolds becoming Economic Secretary to the Treasury yesterday as a result of the resignation of Tulip Siddiq
14 January, 2025
14 January, 2025
However, Chief Medical Adviser for the Department confirms that, going forward, all assessors will be trained to level 3 in safeguarding and that all training will be monitored via a new digital dashboard
14 January, 2025
Evidence gathered will inform two working groups that will make 'practical' recommendations to improve the experience of those engaging with the administrative justice system in final reports to be published in July 2025
14 January, 2025
Ongoing funding of take-up services will build on the £160 million in additional income and more than £40 million debt wiped out for people in Wales since the Fund's launch in 2020
13 January, 2025
New statutory instrument
13 January, 2025
New statutory rule
10 January, 2025
Department for Communities also says that consideration should be given to ending a number of other mitigation payments in relation to welfare reforms that 'have largely completed any transitional phase'
9 January, 2025
Department advises the Social Security Advisory Committee that there is 'no current solution' to the risk of people losing out
9 January, 2025
New statutory instrument
8 January, 2025
Update follows Minister having advised that decision makers were being recruited and overtime was being made available to increase productivity
8 January, 2025
Government Property Agency's plans to rationalise the government's existing estate also include the MoJ and HMCTS moving from their current base in Petty France
8 January, 2025
Change aligns with recommendations made in 2022 Welfare Mitigations Review to address low awareness of the Fund
7 January, 2025
Written answer in the House of Lords confirms that just 2 per cent of assessments were face-to-face while those dealt with remotely rose to around 80 per cent
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