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Govt accepts most of SSAC managed migration recommendations
06 November 2018 | News
... to SSAC recommendations on the draft regulations for moving claimants on to Universal Credit - and also publishes revised regulations. Read SSAC report and government statement SSAC recommendations The Social ...
Compensation for loss of severe disability premium through claiming Universal Credit
25 July 2019 | News
... compensatory ‘transitional payments’ for those who were in receipt of the severe disability premium (SDP) as part of ... job-seeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, income support, housing benefit, and tax credits. These benefits are replaced by UC. The ...
DVLA criticised for delays in vehicle licence applications
29 March 2023 | News
MPs have been investigating the backlog of driving-licence applications that have been accumulating at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Up to three million ... unanswered. The Public Accounts Committee also said that nearly three million customers notifying the DVLA of medical ...
Benefits cap hurts children and lone parents
06 August 2013 | News
The DWP has produced statistics showing the number of households capped to June 2013 By the end of June 2013: Almost 2.7 thousand households had their housing benefit capped 85% of households had between 1 and 4 children 74% of households constituted a single parent ...
No maximum budget levels for care costs says Ombudsman
26 April 2018 | News
Councils cannot set maximum budget levels when calculating the cost of people’s care, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has said. The Ombudsman has issued ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
Southern rail fine welcomed but still only a slap on the wrist
13 July 2017 | News
DR UK notes the fine on Southern rail for failures to adhere to their ... ensuring their services are accessible to disabled people and that 5 million of the fine is earmarked for on-board ... company that has made it difficult for disabled passengers and which has cancelled the Turn Up and Go programme from ...
Disabled Facilities Grants
23 April 2025 | Resource
... by your local authority to help meet the cost of adapting a property for the needs of a Disabled person . The scheme operates in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Revised and updated: 22nd ... improved lighting for a disabled person with sight problems); have easier access to a living room; have easier ...
Social Security Advisory Committee vacancies within DWP
05 November 2024 | News
... 4 roles The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) is an independent statutory body, funded by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It is the UK Government’s advisory ... understanding of complex social security and welfare reform issues, taking into account Government policies, the ...
Have the DWP’s Covid 19 support measures been effective?: new SSAC report
22 November 2020 | News
... Committee (SSAC) has published a detailed report reviewing the effectiveness of thetemporary social security ... that have been introduced by the DWP during the Covid 19 pandemic. Its review also explores the degree to which they ... the Departments’ emergency measures, we have also found issues that should be addressed to further sustain this ...
Social care faces Coronavirus and immigration ‘perfect storm’
10 March 2020 | News
The social care sector must be prioritised in the Budget, as it faces a ‘perfect storm’ of the threat from Coronavirus and new immigration policy, set to kick in from 1 January 2021. Potentially hundreds of thousands of job vacancies could remain unfilled as a result of ...