26 July, 2024
26 July, 2024
Funding will provide stability for services during period when more people need their help, says Minister
25 July, 2024
Information Commissioner's Office requires Department to release guidance, saying that appealing against procedural errors or understanding how a decision has been made is more difficult without it
24 July, 2024
New Economics Foundation research also finds that current conditionality regime makes it less likely that people will get into good jobs and pushes many from engaging with the jobcentre at all
23 July, 2024
Amendment defeated by 363 votes to 103, with 7 Labour MPs voting in its favour
23 July, 2024
Liz Kendall says that a Getting Britain Working White Paper will lay the plans to 'kickstart' economic growth and reach an 80 per cent employment rate
23 July, 2024
23 July, 2024
National Audit Office says that while the Department has a good understanding of the issues that need to be addressed to improve customer service, it must now set out how it will assess whether its actions are working and how it will track progress towards its goals
23 July, 2024
Amendment will be voted on later today, along with call from Liberal Democrat leader for action in relation to social care and support for carers
22 July, 2024
Issues highlighted include that more than £9 billion of benefits were overpaid in 2023/2024, with two thirds of all overpayments by value relating to universal credit
22 July, 2024
Advice sector membership body calls on new government to ensure that any future proposals are put together in full consultation with disabled people and the organisations that represent them
22 July, 2024
Health Minister says that a consultation and other work to update legislation is to be completed by the end of the autumn
18 July, 2024
Responding to new ONS data published today, Work and Pensions Secretary says the current state of the labour market is 'truly dire'
18 July, 2024
SNP amendment has cross-party support from MPs in Plaid Cymru, the Greens as well as independents, and is echoed by amendment tabled by Labour MP Kim Johnson
18 July, 2024
However, Department advises that this does not include official appointees, deputies or those with a Power of Attorney
17 July, 2024
Ministers will 'leave no stone unturned' to give every child the best start at life, says Prime Minister
17 July, 2024
Joseph Rowntree Foundation welcomes ambition in King's Speech, but says that social security reform is a critical missing piece
17 July, 2024
Changes announced in King's Speech designed to address fact that current rules disproportionately affect the lowest-paid workers working part-time or in low-paid multiple jobs
17 July, 2024
Department highlights that agents can now save details relating to the consent, which can last up to six months, direct onto the claimant's account
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