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31 July, 2024

Providing that the deadline for seeking permission from the Court of Appeal to appeal to the Supreme Court is 28 days

New statutory instrument sets out change among a series of amendments to the the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

30 July, 2024

DWP confirms that tax credit claimants reaching state pension age on or after 1 November 2024 will now be in scope to be invited to claim universal credit

Department also advises stakeholders that a small number of terminally ill claimants may now receive migration notices to avoid a gap in support for those on tax credits and to inform the DWP's learning for those in receipt of ESA

30 July, 2024

Means-testing the winter fuel payment will leave as many as two million pensioners experiencing an ‘eating or heating dilemma’

Responding to Chancellor's announcement, Age UK highlights that more than one in three pensioners entitled to pension credit don't receive it, while many more are living only just above the poverty line

29 July, 2024

Government announces changes to winter fuel payment eligibility and outlines plans to bring together the administration of pension credit and housing benefit

Reforms outlined in Commons statement from Chancellor Rachel Reeves setting out a series of 'difficult decisions' to find 5.5 billion of savings this year and £8.1 billion next

29 July, 2024

Ed Pybus appointed as Chair of the Scottish Commission on Social Security

Former adviser with local citizens advice in Scotland and a welfare rights worker at the Child Poverty Action Group will take up his role in August 2024

29 July, 2024

DWP minister to meet Carers UK over ‘scandal’ of carer’s allowance overpayments

Presenting widespread evidence of the 'shocking' impact of overpayments on carers' lives and their ability to do paid work, Carers UK says situation 'simply cannot continue'

26 July, 2024

Government says it will be ‘considering our own approach to social security’ in due course

Minister also confirms that the government will be engaging with responses to the previous government's consultation on PIP reform which closed this week

26 July, 2024

Welsh Government announces £36 million in funding for advice services over next three financial years

Funding will provide stability for services during period when more people need their help, says Minister

25 July, 2024

‘Fast moving’ policy environment requiring regular changes to DWP’s Move to UC guidance does not outweigh public interest in its disclosure

Information Commissioner's Office requires Department to release guidance, saying that appealing against procedural errors or understanding how a decision has been made is more difficult without it

24 July, 2024

Two-thirds of the public favour supporting claimants into work rather than applying strict and prescriptive job-seeking requirements

New Economics Foundation research also finds that current conditionality regime makes it less likely that people will get into good jobs and pushes many from engaging with the jobcentre at all

23 July, 2024

Commons votes against King’s Speech amendment calling for abolition of the two-child limit

Amendment defeated by 363 votes to 103, with 7 Labour MPs voting in its favour

23 July, 2024

DWP needs to be transformed from a department for welfare to become a ‘genuine’ department for work, says Work and Pensions Secretary

Liz Kendall says that a Getting Britain Working White Paper will lay the plans to 'kickstart' economic growth and reach an 80 per cent employment rate

23 July, 2024

Determining which EU Member State is competent to pay benefits for an economically inactive claimant where they have an economically active family member in another EU State

DWP issues guidance on the effect of the Court of Appeal's ruling in Harrington v SSWP

23 July, 2024

DWP’s Service Modernisation Programme is critical to transforming customer service, yet its scale and complexity mean delivery involves significant risk

National Audit Office says that while the Department has a good understanding of the issues that need to be addressed to improve customer service, it must now set out how it will assess whether its actions are working and how it will track progress towards its goals

23 July, 2024

SNP King’s Speech amendment calling for abolition of the two-child limit selected by the Speaker for Commons vote

Amendment will be voted on later today, along with call from Liberal Democrat leader for action in relation to social care and support for carers

22 July, 2024

National Audit Office qualifies opinion on DWP accounts for 36th year running due to level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure

Issues highlighted include that more than £9 billion of benefits were overpaid in 2023/2024, with two thirds of all overpayments by value relating to universal credit

22 July, 2024

DWP’s Green Paper for reform of personal independence payment is ‘unfit for purpose’, says NAWRA

Advice sector membership body calls on new government to ensure that any future proposals are put together in full consultation with disabled people and the organisations that represent them

22 July, 2024

Northern Ireland Government confirms it will reinstate automatic ‘passporting’ to help with health costs for those eligible under universal credit

Health Minister says that a consultation and other work to update legislation is to be completed by the end of the autumn

18 July, 2024

Labour’s Plan to Get Britain Working will tackle economic inactivity and ‘break down barriers to a brighter future’

Responding to new ONS data published today, Work and Pensions Secretary says the current state of the labour market is 'truly dire'