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23 January, 2024

Welsh Government publishes Benefits Charter as part of Child Poverty Strategy 2024

Social Justice Minister says that the government is determined to ensure that the approach taken for administering Welsh benefits is a person-centred and compassionate one, based on rights and entitlements

22 January, 2024

DWP contacts claimants who may have been underpaid new-style jobseeker’s allowance because they also received income from inherited pensions

New guidance says that if claimants respond and are found to have been underpaid because of the error, the Department will repay any sums owed

22 January, 2024

UK social security system fails to provide a ‘safety net worth its name’

While the system has always had its shortcomings, Financial Fairness Trust says its failings are now so pervasive that it is 'falling woefully and systematically short of protecting citizens against hard times'

19 January, 2024

OBR estimates that almost two-thirds of the reduction in LCWRA caseload following reform of WCA will be as a result of removal of the LCWRA ‘mobilising’ descriptor

New figures also provide estimates of the number of claimants that will be affected by amendment of the LCWRA 'risk' criteria and LCW 'getting about' descriptor

19 January, 2024

‘Move to UC’ roll out to Mercia brought forward by a week at short notice

Email from DWP Partnership Manager confirms that migration notices will now be sent out from 22 January 2024

18 January, 2024

DWP confirms that claimants with a vulnerability will not have their claim closed for disengaging from the jobcentre

However, DWP Minister Viscount Younger adds that the design of the process for identifying whether vulnerabilities exist is 'still in development'

18 January, 2024

Government confirms six new appointments to the Social Security Advisory Committee

Committee chair Stephen Brien welcomes new members saying they will bring ‘an impressive mix of knowledge, skills and insight to our work’

18 January, 2024

DWP seeks views on its approach to developing a new measure of poverty

Consultation launched alongside publication of first 'Below Average Resources' statistics that take a more 'expansive view' of available resources' than current measures

18 January, 2024

Early commencement of specified sections of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 to assist implementation of its remaining provisions in July 2024

New statutory instrument

18 January, 2024

Miscellaneous amendments to council tax reduction schemes in Wales for 2024/2025

New statutory instrument also provides for the uprating of figures used to calculate reductions under the scheme for pensioners

17 January, 2024

At 20 per cent understaffed, the jobcentre network is ‘feeling the pain’ of DWP’s staffing crisis the most, says PCS

Highlighting that members are unable to offer the service required to claimants as they are overworked and very stressed, union accuses Department of not treating the situation seriously

17 January, 2024

DWP finds that IIAC delivers ‘high quality, well thought out recommendations’ based on the ‘highest standards of research and analysis’

Internal review praises service provided by Council 'for a nominal amount of public money', and makes minor recommendations to support the effective arrangements already in place

17 January, 2024

Bill incorporating United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child into Scottish law receives Royal Assent

New Act requires Scottish public authorities to protect children's human rights when delivering devolved functions

16 January, 2024

DWP advises that there will be a delay in uprating transitional SDP element for existing universal credit claimants

While new qualifying awards of universal credit from 14 February 2024 will receive the uprated element, the Department says it has no timescale in place for when current awards will be adjusted

16 January, 2024

Public Accounts Committee launches consultation on whether the legal aid system is delivering value for money

Views sought on subjects including effectiveness of LASPO, access to justice, and sustainability of legal aid market

16 January, 2024

More than £1.6 billion was deducted from 3.5 million households in receipt of universal credit in 2022/2023

Figures provided by DWP Minister also show that more than 40 per cent of deductions were used to repay advance payments

15 January, 2024

Public Accounts Committee launches inquiry into the progress the DWP has made in implementing universal credit

Views sought on the Department's plans to undertake managed migration effectively, support for vulnerable claimants, and the associated implementation costs

15 January, 2024

Ensuring state pension is not affected for those who had payments from the Windrush Compensation Scheme for loss of access to employment

New guidance advises that Home Office will pass details of all those affected to the DWP to check national insurance records, and fill any gaps that would lead to increased pension

15 January, 2024

Increases in the transitional severe disability premium element in universal credit in Northern Ireland for those who were entitled to other disability premiums prior to migrating

New statutory rule made in response to High Court judgment in January 2022 which found that failure to compensate claimants for loss of additional disability premiums was unlawful