...threshold. The scheme also offers a Universal Credit New Claims Grant to tide over claimants struggling to manage the five week wait for a first Universal Credit payment. A second...
...was not well enough aligned with the Fair Repayment Rate change. For these reasons we decided to take the regulations on ‘formal reference’.[3] This means that when the new regulations...
...impartial advice to ministers by providing evidence, enriching debate on current issues, stimulating discussion, and introducing new data-driven insights. The Committee updated stakeholders on a recent SSAC report considering The...
...consequences, and that each new piece of legislation fits in with the bigger picture. We work closely with officials in DWP and sometimes with officials in other government departments. The...
I grew up in a first-generation immigrant household, and having experiences of homelessness and disability within our family, we were supported by social security benefits which provided a stepping stone...
...the first chair of the statutory Independent Social Security Standards Committee reporting on the quality of decision making to the newly created NI Assembly following the Good Friday Agreement. One...
“If at first you don’t succeed…” I first applied to join the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) just after my 6th child was born. I was previously a Senior Civil...
...and perhaps introducing new ideas. Although I was very drawn to the job and felt I had the right skillset - at rightsnet we produce daily news items on all...
...successors well, including in centrally reflecting the impacts of social security on disabled people’s lives and security. [1] Proposals for a New System for Delegated Legislation: A Working Paper...
...insights have continued to be valuable in the work I do today. NOTE: The Department for Work and Pensions is seeking to appoint five new members to the Social Security...