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A consultation on revised guidance on the way the department and local authorities get information to deal with benefit fraud.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
A report examining the aims and achievements of the first Troubled Families Programme which ran from 2012 to 2015.
Impact assessment for the benefit cap to be implemented from November 2016 under the Welfare Reform and Work Act.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
This consultation seeks evidence on the impact of reducing the period that benefit is paid to claimants temporarily outside of GB.
This consultation seeks evidence to inform a SSAC project on decision making and mandatory reconsideration before appeals in DWP and HMRC.
Consultation on aids and appliances and the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
This is the government's response to the report 'Universal Credit: priorities for action' by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).
A progress report on how Universal Credit is restoring work incentives, restoring fairness and transforming claimants' lives.
Directions about electronic communications for benefits.
The government's second response to Paul Gray's independent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments.
This is the government's response to the report on bereavement benefit reform by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).
This paper identifies the provisions for delegated, or secondary, legislation in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015.
This consultation focuses on improving the accessibility of Research and Development (R&D) tax credits for small companies.
Memorandum to the Joint Committee on Human Rights about the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
This is the government's response to the report on localisation and social security by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).
An SSAC consultation on the government’s plans for certain Universal Credit claimants to wait 7 days before they are entitled to benefit.
This seeks views on what is understood by ‘localisation’, its effect on benefits and services, and examples of good and bad experiences.
Equality analysis of reforms to the Access to Work employment support programme for disabled people.
The covenant exists to ensure that service personnel, veterans and their families are not disadvantaged as a result of their service.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Making the welfare system fairer, more affordable and better able to reduce poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency.
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