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2 Mar 16
Scotland is to have its own benefits agency to deliver the new welfare powers devolved under the 2016 Scotland Bill, and to ensure the creation of a distinctive Scottish benefits culture based on...
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17 Feb 16
The unemployment rate remained at its lowest rate in a decade at 5.1% in the three months to December, according to latest Office for National Statistics data.
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16 Feb 16
The government’s Universal Credit reforms will create “huge disincentives” for families receiving the payment to have more than £6,000 in savings, according to an analysis by...
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3 Feb 16
Universal Credit will cut annual benefit spending by £2.7bn, an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found, but more than 2 million working families are likely to be worse off.
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27 Jan 16
The government’s controversial “bedroom tax” has been judged to be discriminatory in two cases by the Court of Appeal today.
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18 Jan 16
A committee of MPs have launched an inquiry into ‘intergenerational fairness’ in order to consider concerns that older baby boomers are accumulating wealth at the expense of younger generations.
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12 Jan 16
Some councils have ended emergency welfare provision this year following localisation of the support system by the Department for Work and Pensions, the National Audit Office has found.
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11 Jan 16
There is widespread confusion over the impact of the government’s state pension reforms as information produced on the changes has been confusing and sometimes contradictory, a report by the work and...
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8 Jan 16
Outsourcing Department for Work and Pensions health and disability assessments has not been value for money, with the costs of tests increasings by 65% in a new contract, auditors have found.
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21 Dec 15
Delays and errors in delivering benefits are “plunging families into hunger”, a report by the Work and Pensions Select Committee has found.
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18 Dec 15
Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
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17 Dec 15
Auditor general Amyas Morse has issued a qualified opinion on the 2014/15 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions’ Client Funds Accounts, which cover statutory child maintenance schemes.
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4 Dec 15
Labour has said that cuts to benefit entitlements being introduced through Universal Credit mean controversial tax credit reductions have been “rebranded” by the government rather than reversed.
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3 Dec 15
The government has launched a review of the localisation of council tax support that will consider the impact of the reform on local government finance and whether further reforms should be made to...
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30 Nov 15
Social benefits are a major area of expenditure for most governments. A common standard for accounting for these has now been drafted
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26 Nov 15
Austerity will continue and both significant public sector cuts and some radical reforms lie ahead, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said in its analysis of yesterday’s Autumn Statement and...
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25 Nov 15
Tax credit cuts have been scrapped and the police budget protected, George Osborne has announced in four-year spending plans that will slash Whitehall spending by an average of 19%, less than had...
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24 Nov 15
Facts and figures from the December 2015 edition of Public Finance magazine, including pay growth, Bank of England forecasts, international health provision, student satisfaction, and refugee numbers.
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18 Nov 15
After a year of walkouts and discord, Stormont may soon be back in business with altered rules and adjusted budgets
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18 Nov 15
Northern Ireland’s political parties have struck an agreement with the UK and Irish governments to restart devolved government in the province following 10 weeks of talks.
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16 Nov 15
A further 17 job centres will start taking new Universal Credit claims from today, the Department for Work and Pensions has announced.
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11 Nov 15
Unemployment fell by over 100,000 in the third quarter of the year with the total number of people out of work at its lowest level since the three months to July 2008, the Office for National...
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11 Nov 15
MPs have called on the government to pause planned tax credit cuts to allow for development of a more thorough reform to the system.
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9 Nov 15
Figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions today have found that around 67,000 households have had their benefits capped since the government introduced the £26,000 annual limit in...
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2 Nov 15
Work and pensions committee chair Frank Field has written to chancellor George Osborne to urge him to publish a five-year impact assessment of the government’s proposed tax credit changes,...
2 Mar 16Scotland is to have its own benefits agency to deliver the new welfare powers devolved under the 2016 Scotland Bill, and to ensure the creation of a distinctive Scottish benefits culture based on...
17 Feb 16The unemployment rate remained at its lowest rate in a decade at 5.1% in the three months to December, according to latest Office for National Statistics data.
16 Feb 16The government’s Universal Credit reforms will create “huge disincentives” for families receiving the payment to have more than £6,000 in savings, according to an analysis by...
3 Feb 16Universal Credit will cut annual benefit spending by £2.7bn, an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found, but more than 2 million working families are likely to be worse off.
27 Jan 16The government’s controversial “bedroom tax” has been judged to be discriminatory in two cases by the Court of Appeal today.
18 Jan 16A committee of MPs have launched an inquiry into ‘intergenerational fairness’ in order to consider concerns that older baby boomers are accumulating wealth at the expense of younger generations.
12 Jan 16Some councils have ended emergency welfare provision this year following localisation of the support system by the Department for Work and Pensions, the National Audit Office has found.
21 Dec 15Delays and errors in delivering benefits are “plunging families into hunger”, a report by the Work and Pensions Select Committee has found.
18 Dec 15Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
17 Dec 15Auditor general Amyas Morse has issued a qualified opinion on the 2014/15 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions’ Client Funds Accounts, which cover statutory child maintenance schemes.
4 Dec 15Labour has said that cuts to benefit entitlements being introduced through Universal Credit mean controversial tax credit reductions have been “rebranded” by the government rather than reversed.
3 Dec 15The government has launched a review of the localisation of council tax support that will consider the impact of the reform on local government finance and whether further reforms should be made to...
30 Nov 15Social benefits are a major area of expenditure for most governments. A common standard for accounting for these has now been drafted
26 Nov 15Austerity will continue and both significant public sector cuts and some radical reforms lie ahead, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said in its analysis of yesterday’s Autumn Statement and...
25 Nov 15Tax credit cuts have been scrapped and the police budget protected, George Osborne has announced in four-year spending plans that will slash Whitehall spending by an average of 19%, less than had...
24 Nov 15Facts and figures from the December 2015 edition of Public Finance magazine, including pay growth, Bank of England forecasts, international health provision, student satisfaction, and refugee numbers.
18 Nov 15After a year of walkouts and discord, Stormont may soon be back in business with altered rules and adjusted budgets
18 Nov 15Northern Ireland’s political parties have struck an agreement with the UK and Irish governments to restart devolved government in the province following 10 weeks of talks.
16 Nov 15A further 17 job centres will start taking new Universal Credit claims from today, the Department for Work and Pensions has announced.
11 Nov 15Unemployment fell by over 100,000 in the third quarter of the year with the total number of people out of work at its lowest level since the three months to July 2008, the Office for National...
11 Nov 15MPs have called on the government to pause planned tax credit cuts to allow for development of a more thorough reform to the system.
