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Rapid review of post-lockdown changes to social security benefits

Posted by: Professor Gráinne McKeever, Posted on: 6 August 2020 - Categories: Consultation, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), DWP, HMRC, Legislation, social security, Stakeholders

The government response to Covid-19 has included a series of easements, adjustments and additions to social security benefit entitlements that the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has welcomed as necessary and beneficial. We recognise that the unprecedented circumstances meant many …