...Style Employment and Support Allowance. We found much that works well with these benefits. We also found some aspects that could be improved and therefore made fifteen recommendations that would...
...direct payment of the rent to landlords – could find themselves technically in arrears having assumed, reasonably, that rent payments had been made. This was a timely reminder that Universal...
As part of our independent work programme we have recently started a detailed study into New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance and New Style Employment and Support Allowance. These two contributory benefits...
...urgency, this would not be the right approach. We understand and support that decision – it was essential for the Department to introduce the measures quickly to ensure that it...
...current ESA rate (currently £138pw)” that would be time-limited. It is good that these benefits are being considered as part of these reforms, and we hope that the Government will consider our...
...a big, complex endeavour – one that the Committee will explore in a formal consultation over the summer and one that is without precedent. To succeed, and certainly to avoid...
...system. It is clear that many of those receiving New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance are well-motivated to make a swift return to paid work. But we have also identified a number...
...As part of our independent work programme we have just begun a new detailed study into how the benefits system influences the decisions young adults aged 16- to 18-year-old –...
...the committee scrutinises new legislation or DWP programmes is a privilege to be ensconced in. Amidst the everyday headlines about what goes on in Westminster and Whitehall, I see first-hand...
...on emerging issues. It is with these reports that SSAC leads the pack. Amidst a Whitehall that can tend towards stovepipes, SSAC is one of the few organisations that approaches...