20 May, 2022
20 May, 2022
Equality Analysis of Department's 'Network Design 2023' examines further impact of 'ambitious' Transformation Programme
20 May, 2022
Private Member’s Bill includes provision that enables eligible parents to receive a higher rate during a child’s early years and a correspondingly reduced rate when the child is older
20 May, 2022
New statutory instrument
19 May, 2022
DWP says that a 'step change' is needed in its approach, despite having brought fraud and error close to near record lows before Covid-19, and having 'one of the most robust counter-fraud functions' in government
19 May, 2022
Trial will enable claimants with health conditions 'to access employment and wider skills support, and our employment programmes earlier', says Minister
19 May, 2022
19 May, 2022
New report recommends that Scottish government now needs to plan for risks including large rises in cases as benefits continue to be rolled out, and an estimated £760 million annual overspend by 2026/2027 compared to Scotland’s block grant allocation
18 May, 2022
Work and Pensions Secretary confirms that DWP will not stop legacy benefits in that time and will undertake ‘proactive engagement’ with claimants to understand why they have not claimed
18 May, 2022
However, in response to calls for mid-year benefit uprating, Chancellor says he can't act on universal credit because the government 'wants to make sure that support gets to everyone'
18 May, 2022
New figures also show that almost three-quarters of applications made online and that amount awarded since introduction of new benefit exceeds £3.25 million
17 May, 2022
New DWP statistics also show that more than 38,000 adverse universal credit sanctions decisions were made in January 2022, the highest number across the whole statistical timeseries
17 May, 2022
DWP says that migration of legacy benefit claimants to universal credit and the easing of Covid-19 restrictions on the economy have influenced the changes in conditionality group numbers
13 May, 2022
Parliamentarians particularly keen to hear from people with lived experience of needing to use food banks and will report their findings and recommendations 'later this year'
12 May, 2022
'Expansion' of estate follows closure of more than 100 permanent Jobcentres between 2016 and 2018
12 May, 2022
New statutory instrument
12 May, 2022
New statutory instrument
11 May, 2022
New statutory instrument
11 May, 2022
Andrew Veitch replaces current Chamber President Anne Scott to take up a three year assignment from 30 May 2022
