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The government has produced detailed estimates of the take-up of the main income-related benefifits in Great Britain for the fifinancial year 2013/14. Take up is the receipt of benefifits a claimant is entitled to.

Thank you to all those who attended our Universal Credit courses over the last few months. Here's a selection of some of the feedback you gave us on how your cases are proceeding-

Alternative Payment Arrangements can take 4-6 weeks to process

The 2014/15 annual report from HM Courts & Tribunals Service relates to appeals to the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal- 'This has been a year in which there has been significant volatility in workloads coming into the tribunal, with appeals fa

Click here for our at a glance Guide to Benefit Changes in the Summer Budget 2015.

The DWP has produced guidance (DMG Memo 17/15) on work related activity and substantial risk. The detailed guidance looks at-

The Start of reassessment of Long Term/ Indefinite PIP awards- the government has announced-

7 day waiting period- 

Over £23 billion of cuts in benefits were implemented in the last 5 years. A DWP study has shown the majority of councils are not spending their discretionary housing payment budget (leaving almost £7 million DHP funding unspent).

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The government has announced in the Queens Speech that many working age benefits won't be increased for the next 2 years and the benefit cap will b

The DWP has said 'A single modernised service for post opening, scanning and indexing, known as the Agility Platform (which is part of the Department’s Infrastructure Modernisation Programme), is providing the capacity to scan and index post on receipt.

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Most of the UK will soon be covered for 'early' migration claims for Personal Independence Payments. Click the map to view dates for migration for existing DLA claimants who will be 'invited' to claim PIP if -

2014, At a glance Guide to Benefit Changes in the Autumn Statement December 2013, At a glance Guide to Benefit Changes in the March Budget 2015, At a glance Guide to Benefit Changes in the Autumn Statement December 2014, Benefit Cap Map up to December 2013, standard letters re PIP delays/ appeals/ mandatory reconsideration etc, ESA medical test guides, PIP legal test guides and PIP natural migr

A report, What happened to poverty under the Coalition?,by the New Policy Institute has found-

The median household income slightly increased in 2013/14 and 2014/15, following three years of falls. But at the bottom of the distribution incomes have continued to fall.