11 July, 2024
10 July, 2024
Emma Reynolds and Andrew Western join the Department, along with Baroness Sherlock in the Lords
10 July, 2024
MSPs seek views on matters including how poverty reduction policies might have been different without the Act and whether it has served to ‘focus minds and resources’
9 July, 2024
Rather than reducing economic inactivity, charities say that changes will instead 'condemn seriously ill and disabled people to a life of poverty and the threat of sanctions'
9 July, 2024
Due to the flexibility' available to universal credit work coaches to tailor individual work-related requirements, Minister argues there is no need for the exemption
8 July, 2024
Stephen Timms and Alison McGovern join the DWP, with appointments also made to housing, social care, justice and equality briefs
5 July, 2024
4 July, 2024
New DWP guidance
2 July, 2024
Law Centre NI highlights that open and transparent data is vital to recognise significant trends and help to ensure that everyone has equal access to justice
28 June, 2024
Feedback will be considered alongside responses to a second consultation aimed at claimants and carers
27 June, 2024
New DWP guidance follows the Court of Appeal's November 2023 decision in SSWP v AT
27 June, 2024
Civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch says the algorithm is not as effective as pilot suggested and puts hundreds of thousands of people through intrusive reviews every year
27 June, 2024
However, government has failed to comply with decision and is understood to be appealing against it
27 June, 2024 Open access
JRF highlights that the number of families going without has not changed over the last year despite the 10.1 per cent benefit uprating in April 2023 and £900 cost of living payment
25 June, 2024
Dispute over pay will see staff employed by G4S take action during the week of the General Election and on into August
24 June, 2024
Information Commissioner's Office orders department to publish information within 30 days, following previous decision concerning the same document
20 June, 2024 Open access
Resolution Foundation also warns that curbing the £20 billion a year rise in spending expected by 2028/2029 must be a task for the NHS and employers, not just the Treasury and DWP
19 June, 2024
New Scottish Government statistics also highlight that CTR recipients saved around £850 a year on council tax on average, and almost 60 per cent were in one of the 30 per cent most deprived areas in Scotland
18 June, 2024
New DWP statistics highlight that this represents a 4 per cent increase on the previous quarter
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