23 January, 2020
22 January, 2020
Minister for Welfare Delivery also confirms that proposals for next phase of universal credit delivery will be presented to parliament 'in the Autumn'
22 January, 2020
Recommendations to improve new payment rules set out in Scottish Social Security Commission’s scrutiny report on the draft Scottish Child Payment Regulations
22 January, 2020
'We need to protect those most in need and the poorest across our society', says Deirdre Hargey
21 January, 2020
Response to FOI request also shows that in the same month almost 1,000 claimants 'moved to an online claim'
21 January, 2020
Last of six day's debate of the Speech includes votes against proposals to highlight the government's failure to include measures to tackle poverty, scrap universal credit and the two child limit, and increase in-work benefits
21 January, 2020
21 January, 2020
Current rules mean that much of the bonus may be 'clawed back' through reduced benefit, says MP for Glasgow East
20 January, 2020
Minister says the 3 per cent LHA funding uplift in high rent increase areas during the benefit freeze period is no longer required
20 January, 2020
Decision makers instructed to take all references to civil partners or civil partnerships in DWP guidance to include opposite sex couples
20 January, 2020
Minister confirms that average time from receipt to start of investigation is more than 13 months, while it takes another five to six months on average to complete an investigation
17 January, 2020
New report from Joseph Rowntree Foundation also shows that growing proportion of households below Standard are in full employment
17 January, 2020
Permanent review follows 2018/2019 project which led to annual saving of £63 million
16 January, 2020
New DWP statistics also confirm that all 600,000 cases needing to be checked for underpayments have started the reassessment journey and 97 per cent have completed it
16 January, 2020
However, all awards will run from a single eligibility date
16 January, 2020
New statutory rule provides for LHA rates to be increased by 1.7 per cent in line with CPI inflation
15 January, 2020
Allowing lower courts to reinterpret EU case law 'risks causing significant legal uncertainty', says House of Lords Constitution Committee
15 January, 2020
New Council Tax Information Letter clarifies that changes made by new regulations are intended to bring schemes into line with the housing benefit regime
14 January, 2020
Minister also confirms that her Department is 'working at a pace' to ensure that welfare mitigations are extended from 31 March 2020
