...my work today. There were many highlights in my time on the Committee but I was particularly proud of the work that the Committee did on the managed migration regulations...
...tax-free childcare) are also facing similar challenges. Government has taken far-reaching policy and operational measures to respond to the extraordinary circumstances in which we find ourselves. Normally, Government would bring...
...the outcomes clear and the atmosphere so enjoyable. There is also a larger amount of freedom on SSAC to pursue strategic interests and issues than I would have ever imagined....
...to-date in an applied setting. I considered that my involvement with social security law since 1990, firstly as a pro bono legal representative (through the Free Representation Unit in London)...
...the Social Fund providing grants and interest free loans for furniture and household goods and other needs to claimants including those not on means-tested benefits but below an annual income...
...they are then obliged to publish before the draft regulations are debated in Parliament. We are launching that consultation process today. The draft regulations now include some important further developments...
...sector organisations across the UK, from local authorities and from social security claimants as well as from DWP and DfC officials. Our review, which is published today, identifies six key...
In our report, published today, we set out to understand how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) involves disabled people in developing, delivering and evaluating programmes that affect them....
...security system. It remains pertinent today. [1] The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) (Modification) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/****) [2] DWP...
...of the Child Poverty Action Group over a decade, and since then as a part-time academic and part-time freelance researcher and policy analyst - I had often attended stakeholder meetings...