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The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)'s independent report on Universal Credit managed migration has been published.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
New figures show that around 54,000 households are no longer subject to the benefit cap, indicating more people are entering work or taking on more hours.
The number of children in the UK living in long-term workless households is down 580,000 since 2010, falling to its lowest level in more than a decade.
The Budget speech in full (check against delivery).
The Chancellor has presented his Budget to Parliament – here's a summary of what was announced.
The Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion, Guy Opperman, addresses the pensions landscape at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) Conference 2018.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will fund Citizens Advice to provide Universal Support from April 2019, the government has announced.
The Pakistan Credit Enhancement Facility (PCEF) was introduced to public and private sector stakeholders in a conference co-hosted by Karandaaz Pakistan and UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in Islamabad.
Parents and carers should make sure they are getting National Insurance credits which may improve their State Pension income.
Housing benefit will be kept in place for all those living in supported housing, the government has announced.
With a week to go before the renewal deadline, a million customers still need to complete their tax credits renewal, HMRC has announced.
HMRC is reminding customers to renew as the deadline approaches, and outlining the new technology that can help.
The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began.
Official figures released today show that the unemployment rate remains at a near-record low of 4.4%, with the employment rate at a near-record high of 75.2%.
Universal Credit will be paid sooner to new claimants from today (14 February 2018).
Working parents could save thousands of pounds per year on childcare.
Some 45,000 households have had someone move into work and so are no longer subject to the benefit cap, new statistics out today show.
Official figures released today (24 January 2018) show that the employment rate is at a joint record high of 75.3%, with a record 32.2 million people in work.
Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low.
The government has accepted the recommendations of Paul Gray's second independent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
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