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Touchbase: DWP news for advisers and intermediaries: Oct 2014

News about benefits, pensions and DWP services for people who work with or advise our customers – October 2014.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 13 October 2014

This publication was withdrawn on 20 December 2016

We withdrew this because some information may be out of date. Go to later Touchbase publications (from September 2015).

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Touchbase: DWP news for advisers and intermediaries: October 2014

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Touchbase is a monthly publication for external organisations and people who work with or advise our customers. It has news about:

• benefits, pensions and DWP services
• relevant news from other government departments and agencies

This edition includes articles about:

• how New Enterprise Allowance is helping unemployed people set up new businesses
• a fall in the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance
• new measures to speed up Personal Independence Payment claims
• tax credits changes for Universal Credit claimants
• Universal Credit rollout
• a new partnership to provide advice to people about Universal Credit
• the benefits of credit unions

Read more about Touchbase and find other editions.

Published 13 October 2014