Guidance

Touchbase: DWP news about work, working age benefits, pensions and services

News and articles from across government for advisers, employers and organisations that help people find jobs.

Published 14 September 2015
Last updated 9 March 2020 + show all updates
  1. Added Touchbase: edition 140.

  2. Added Touchbase: edition 139.

  3. Published Touchbase: edition 138. This edition contains information on topics including advice for UK nationals returning to live in the UK from the EU, the Benefits Information Facebook pilot and the Find a job Christmas jobs campaign launch.

  4. Published Touchbase: edition 137. This edition contains information on topics including State Pensions for UK nationals in the EEA or Switzerland, claiming Universal Credit without a National Insurance number and Universal Credit managed payments to landlords.

  5. Updated Touchbase edition 136 to clarify information about Universal Credit and childcare costs.

  6. Published Touchbase: edition 136. This edition contains information on topics including Universal Credit, the EU Settlement Scheme and support for survivors of domestic abuse.

  7. Published Touchbase: edition 135. This edition contains information on topics including Universal Credit, Get your State Pension and the Reducing Parental Conflict programme.

  8. Published Touchbase: edition 134. This edition contains information on topics including Universal Credit, the Work and Health Programme and the workplace pension campaign.

  9. Published Touchbase: edition 133. This edition contains information on topics including Jobcentre Plus arrangements over Easter, changes to Universal Credit and changes to DWP email addresses.

  10. Published Touchbase: edition 132. This edition contains information on topics including changes to Universal Credit, the My Way In employment campaign and the Help to Save savings account.

  11. Published Touchbase: edition 131. This edition contains information on topics including Jobcentre Plus arrangements over Christmas and New Year, Universal Credit and Pension Wise.

  12. Published Touchbase: edition 130. This edition contains information on topics including Universal Credit, the workplace pension campaign and Post Office card accounts.

  13. Published Touchbase: edition 129. This edition contains information on topics including the Get to Know Your Pension campaign, third party requests for personal information and the Find a job service.

  14. Published Touchbase: edition 128. This edition contains information on topics including rough sleeping, summer jobs and the Understanding Universal Credit website.

  15. Removed editions of Touchbase which were published before November 2016 (Touchbase edition 116). These editions are available on the National Archives website.

  16. Published Touchbase: edition 127. This edition contains information on topics including the find a job service, new Personal Independence Payment videos and Tell Us Once.

  17. Published Touchbase: edition 126. This edition contains information on topics including mandatory reconsideration, Access to Work and Support for Mortgage Interest.

  18. Published Touchbase: edition 125. This edition includes information on Universal Credit, workplace pensions and Smart Works, a charity helping unemployed women into work.

  19. Published Touchbase: edition 124. This edition includes information on topics including Get to know your Pension, Disability Confident and the Work and Health Programme.

  20. Published Touchbase: edition 123.

  21. Published Touchbase: edition 122.

  22. Published Touchbase: edition 121.

  23. Published Touchbase: edition 120.

  24. Amended Touchbase: edition 119 to clarify that you can only join Work Choice if you live in England or Wales.

  25. Published Touchbase: edition 119.

  26. Published Touchbase: edition 118.

  27. Published Touchbase: edition 117.

  28. Published Touchbase: edition 116.

  29. Published Touchbase: edition 115.

  30. Published Touchbase: edition 114.

  31. Published Touchbase: edition 113.

  32. Published Touchbase: edition 112.

  33. Published Touchbase: edition 111.

  34. Published Touchbase: edition 110.

  35. Published Touchbase edition 109.

  36. Published Touchbase edition 108.

  37. Published Touchbase edition 107.

  38. Published Touchbase edition 106.

  39. Published Touchbase edition 105.

  40. Corrected the link to the "Round up" article dated 29 July.

  41. First published.