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Examines whether the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) system is targeting intended recipients, assessing who receives awards and potential gaps or misallocations in coverage and access for disabled claimants, ahead of forthcoming policy decisions.
MHCLG is consulting on implementing the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023, proposing regulatory measures and consequent changes to Housing Benefit Regulations for supported housing providers and tenants.
Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are being urged to check eligibility for Pension Credit, an income top-up intended to help with everyday costs for eligible pensioners.
Management information on Carer’s Allowance cases reassessed from 13 April to 13 September 2026 following the Sayce review into earnings-related overpayments, covering volumes and findings from the reassessment exercise.
A Centre for Social Justice inquiry maps about 3,000 local areas where over half of working‑age adults receive benefits, and reports that almost 900,000 working‑age people are on benefits, highlighting Britain’s scale of worklessness.
Statistical analysis of how elective inpatient and outpatient treatments—and waiting times—affect benefit receipt in England between April 2014 and April 2024, examining links between waiting lists and claimant outcomes.
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum benefit private tenants can receive towards rent, setting caps by area and property size to calculate housing benefit entitlement for private renters.
Explains eligibility for a free TV licence: people aged over 75 who receive Pension Credit are entitled to a free licence; outlines the interaction between age, benefit receipt and licence entitlement.
Almost two million people classed as foreign nationals are reported to be receiving UK benefits or the state pension, according to a new inquiry; the release presents this figure as a landmark finding but provides few methodological details in the blurb.
HMRC reports over 600,000 families are using Tax-Free Childcare and urges more working families to sign up to reduce childcare costs via the government scheme providing government top-ups on eligible childcare spending.
NIESR argues ending the state pension ‘triple lock’ is a welcome move but should be implemented sooner rather than later. The triple lock, introduced in 2011, raises pensions by CPI inflation, average earnings, or 2.5%—whichever is highest.
New DWP rules mean more than 325,000 residents in supported housing and temporary accommodation will keep more of what they earn when they start work or increase hours, changing how income interacts with housing-related benefits.
Businesses, charities and innovators can bid for a share of a £60 million fund aimed at helping disabled people and those with health conditions enter work, funding new programmes to support millions currently out of work for health reasons.
Government is providing a new £16 million fund to expand early access to free legal support for families facing eviction, debt or welfare disputes to prevent hardship and homelessness.
Explains the High Income Child Benefit Charge, which claws back Child Benefit through the tax system when the highest earner in a family has income above the current £60,000 threshold.
New amendments to the Social Housing Bill aim to strengthen homelessness prevention measures and safeguard social housing stock, introducing legal changes intended to improve protections for homeless households and retain affordable housing.
The Department for Work and Pensions will offer thousands of young disabled people and those with long-term health conditions fast-tracked jobs through the government’s Jobs Guarantee, expanding guaranteed employment opportunities for this cohort.
Finds that introducing rent controls would slow private rent growth and therefore reduce the fiscal cost of uprating Local Housing Allowance to reflect market rents, cutting the bill for restoring the link between LHA and local rents.
Argues that Universal Credit taper plus income tax and National Insurance meant a claimant lost 55p of every extra £1 earned, recounting being advised to seek cash-in-hand work and describing financial distress while unemployed.
Presents UK statistics on household food insecurity, food bank use and free school meal eligibility and uptake, tracking changes alongside rising living costs to show recent demand and pressure on welfare support for low-income families.
Sets out options for redesigning UK incapacity benefits, examining who receives support, how eligibility and assessment operate, and proposing changes to improve work incentives, access and support for disabled and long-term sick claimants.
Experimental official statistics are being developed on Support for Mortgage Interest loans, covering recipient numbers from May 2018 through May 2026 to inform analysis of mortgage-related support uptake.
SSAC Occasional Paper examines how the social security system influences 16‑year‑olds' choices between remaining in full‑time education or pursuing vocational paths, analysing interactions between benefits and decision‑making.
Institute for Government analysis reveals more than 52,000 people are claiming benefits for non-specific back pain, highlighting the scale of long-term disability claims linked to musculoskeletal conditions and implications for health and welfare policy.
Presents results from the DWP’s 2025–26 customer experience survey covering benefit claimants’ satisfaction and service experience with DWP between April 2025 and March 2026.
Quarterly Child Maintenance Service statistics to June 2026 reporting operational caseloads, collections and payments, enforcement activity and customer counts to track performance of child maintenance arrangements.
Full Fact finds that some eligible asylum seekers received support before a 2003 court case linked to Keir Starmer, countering online claims that he “won the case that gave illegal migrants access to UK benefits”.
Explores journeys, experiences and aspirations of contributory benefit customers (New Style ESA and New Style JSA) and departmental staff, focusing on interactions with the system and employment transitions.
Summarises the DWP’s 2025–26 customer experience survey for Child Maintenance Service users, reporting on ease of use, satisfaction and service experience between April 2025 and March 2026.
HMRC says almost 3 million young adults are owed money from Child Trust Funds and urges them to search online to claim their accounts, highlighting unclaimed balances among former Child Trust Fund beneficiaries.