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This report assesses the future of working age contributory benefits for those not in paid work.
About this report This project was conducted as part of the Social…
This briefing note sets out conclusions and recommendations for out of work benefit reform.
Introduction The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published Shaping…
Report assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the benefits system and the measures needed to get people back to work.
A joint report by the Institute for Government and Social Security…
This report assesses the effectiveness of the Claimant Commitment in Universal Credit.
This report considers the use of public funds in supporting the mobility needs of disabled people.
Statement from Dr Stephen Brien – Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) Chair
This project was conducted as part of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s (SSAC) independent work programme, under which the committee investigates pertinent issues relating to the operation of the benefits system.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A study by the Social Security Advisory Committee: Occasional Paper No. 24
A statement by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) on the outcome of a joint action point from DWP's response to SSAC's managed migration report.
This report considers the experience of separated parents and their children in the social security and child maintenance systems.
A Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) report on the draft Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018, and the government’s response.
This report explores the impacts of the benefit system on young people aged 16 to 24 who live independently of parents or other guardians.
Report on reforming working-age social security.
This report examines how working claimants can be supported into more or better paid work.
This is a summary of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s scrutiny of Universal Credit regulations and the government’s response to its recommendations.
A report on Universal Credit regulations related to the transition to Universal Credit housing payments, and the government’s response.
A report on Universal Credit regulations related to suplus earnings, and the government’s response.
The Social Security Advisory Committee’s response to the Commons Procedure Committee inquiry on the scrutiny of delegated legislation related to exiting the EU.
This report examines benefit decision making in DWP and HMRC with a focus on the process of mandatory reconsideration before appeal.
A report on regulations to update the Universal Credit earnings threshold for exemption from the benefit cap, and the government’s response.
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