3 September, 2024
2 September, 2024
Department's Touchbase update advises that all affected claimants will now be issued a migration notice to ensure that they can safely move to universal credit before tax credits close in April 2025
2 September, 2024
In addition, response to FOI request reveals that analysis confirmed that, for many families, universal credit is insufficient to keep them above the absolute poverty line, with or without the £20 uplift
2 September, 2024
Letter to Education Secretary highlights that removing policy would single-handedly lift 300,000 children out of poverty overnight, and mean 700,000 children are in less deep poverty
2 September, 2024
Work and Pensions Secretary confirms that more than £420 million will go to local authorities in England, with a further £79 million for the devolved administrations, to help vulnerable people with the cost of their energy, food and water
30 August, 2024
Communities Minister says that maintaining universal entitlement to the payment for winter 2024/2025 would cost more than £40 million even without taking into account any additional delivery or staffing costs
30 August, 2024
29 August, 2024
However, while research suggests that claimants in the Intensive Work Search regime increased their earnings more, the DWP concludes that the ‘optimal’ value of the AET is not known and that, the larger any increase in the AET, the less applicable are the findings
28 August, 2024
New figures include that for universal credit almost 30 per cent of households that had reached their managed migration deadline did not make a claim
27 August, 2024
However, while Keir Starmer warns of more unpopular decisions ahead, reports in the media suggest that the Household Support Fund may be extended beyond the end of September 2024
22 August, 2024
While the DWP has launched a new take-up campaign, NAWRA warns that it has insufficient resources to process the inevitable influx of claims and risks leaving pensioners unable to heat their homes this winter
22 August, 2024
Change follows the Chancellor having announced 'difficult decision' to help address £22 billion 'hole' in the public finances
22 August, 2024
Figures provided in response to FOI request follow DWP having issued updated guidance in 2022 to clarify that the service is available to any claimant who makes a request in advance
22 August, 2024
Civil rights organisations also highlight that recent recommendations from the Tony Blair Institute for increased use of AI by the DWP fail to acknowledge risks of data exploitation and disadvantaging vulnerable people
20 August, 2024
Department adds that claims must be made by 21 December 2024 for people to be passported to this year's winter fuel payment which is set to be linked to the receipt of means-tested benefits
20 August, 2024
DWP issues new guidance
19 August, 2024
Liz Kendall says 'we’ve never seen more people written off', and that she will not make reform of the system 'merely about cuts and blame'
16 August, 2024
Change designed to ensure that, where a local authority in England provides a discretionary discount to affected pensioners, it will not have to bear the cost itself
16 August, 2024
However, despite its findings, Audit Scotland reports that another pilot will be run in 2024/2025 which may also include adult disability payment for the first time
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