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The event highlighted a range of UK support on social protection in Lebanon and announced new partnerships with MoSA, ILO and UNFPA.
They addressed support for conflict-affected populations, internally displaced persons, and the evolving refugee file.
Government stops over £480 million ending up in the pockets of fraudsters over twelve months since April 2024 - more money than ever before.
The Department for Work and Pensions announced that Dr Stephen Brien has been reappointed as Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).
The British Embassy Dublin has officially achieved its AsIAm autism accreditation, becoming the first autism-friendly embassy in the FCDO network.
An exchange of correspondence between SSAC's Chair and the Department for Work and Pensions about Winter Fuel Payment policy.
Child Benefit will be stripped from tens of thousands of people who have moved abroad in a major clampdown expected to save £350 million.
Equity and inclusion consultant Zara Todd has been appointed as Chair of the Government's new Independent Disability Advisory Panel, taking a guiding role in its development and focus.
Millions of people will receive their essential financial support before the August bank holiday weekend, as the Government has confirmed that benefit payments will be brought forward to Friday 22 August.
Victims of miscarriages of justice will no longer lose out on key benefit support, thanks to legislative changes coming into force today [Tuesday 22 July].
Better care for patients living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, with plans to invest in research and offer care closer to home.
Young people with experience of being out of education, employment and training will help shape policy as part of a new Youth Guarantee Advisory Panel.
A new pilot programme will support people with health conditions back into employment and ease pressure on doctors.
Nearly 4 million households will see an annual income boost estimated to be worth £725 cash as a Bill to overhaul the welfare system completes the next stage of its passage through Parliament.
The Bill is set to transform the pensions landscape for years to come and put more money in people’s pockets as part of the Plan for Change
New details on the Government’s welfare reforms will be published today (Monday 30 June 2025) ahead of Second Reading of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on Tuesday.
Additional protections for millions of vulnerable people on benefits are set to be written into law, under new measures being introduced to Parliament today [18 June 2025].
More than £1 billion in incorrect Universal Credit (UC) payments have been blocked by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in a drive to stop people falling into financial difficulties.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP speech to the IPPR setting out the case for welfare reform.
Parents of 16 to 19 year olds can go online to extend their Child Benefit claim to guarantee payments in September.
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