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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance
  • New poverty statistics developed to help government target support

    New statistics to measure poverty and help target support more effectively will be developed and published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Bereaved families to receive funeral payments quicker

    Families grieving the loss of a loved one will find it easier to get help to meet upfront funeral costs.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Minister announces new transfer option for mortgage interest support

    Disabled people and others receiving Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) will now be able to transfer this support to their new property when moving home.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • End to Metro Bank "no DSS" mortgages

    Latest pledge from industry to end potentially discriminatory practices which deny good quality accommodation to those on benefits.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Housing Minister unlocks private rented sector for most vulnerable

    £19.5 million is to be shared among 54 projects to help thousands of people who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, to secure their own home.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Thousands more households boost work hours and earnings

    Latest statistics show 140,000 Housing Benefit households and 9,900 Universal Credit households are no longer subject to the benefit cap

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • £2.7 million fund to tackle parental conflict

    The fund is the latest in a range of government measures that aim to reduce the risk of parental conflict.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • All supported housing funding to be retained in welfare system

    Housing benefit will be kept in place for all those living in supported housing, the government has announced.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • One million people lifted out of absolute poverty

    The number of people living in absolute poverty has fallen by 1 million since 2010, according to statistics released today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Claiming Funeral Expenses Payment to be made easier

    Changes to funeral payments will make it easier for people on some income-related benefits to get help towards the cost of a funeral for loved ones.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Child maintenance consultation launched

    Tough new powers to help tackle child maintenance arrears are being proposed in a consultation that launched today (14 December 2017).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Claiming a Funeral Payment to be made easier

    Improvements to make it easier to claim a Funeral Payment will be brought in next year, the government has announced.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Funding for supported housing for older people to encourage building new homes

    A tailored approach to protect and encourage the supply of a wide range of supported housing has been set out by government.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Clampdown on child maintenance cheats

    New powers to stop parents avoiding paying child maintenance that they owe have been announced.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Views on proposed improvements to Funeral Expenses Payments sought

    A consultation on changes to make it easier to claim a Funeral Expenses Payment has opened today (5 July 2017).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Department for Work and Pensions welcomes new ministerial team

    David Gauke, the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has today (15 June 2017) welcomed the department’s new ministerial team.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government