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New statistics to measure poverty and help target support more effectively will be developed and published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Families grieving the loss of a loved one will find it easier to get help to meet upfront funeral costs.
Disabled people and others receiving Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) will now be able to transfer this support to their new property when moving home.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Latest pledge from industry to end potentially discriminatory practices which deny good quality accommodation to those on benefits.
£19.5 million is to be shared among 54 projects to help thousands of people who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, to secure their own home.
Latest statistics show 140,000 Housing Benefit households and 9,900 Universal Credit households are no longer subject to the benefit cap
The fund is the latest in a range of government measures that aim to reduce the risk of parental conflict.
Housing benefit will be kept in place for all those living in supported housing, the government has announced.
The number of people living in absolute poverty has fallen by 1 million since 2010, according to statistics released today.
Changes to funeral payments will make it easier for people on some income-related benefits to get help towards the cost of a funeral for loved ones.
Tough new powers to help tackle child maintenance arrears are being proposed in a consultation that launched today (14 December 2017).
Improvements to make it easier to claim a Funeral Payment will be brought in next year, the government has announced.
A tailored approach to protect and encourage the supply of a wide range of supported housing has been set out by government.
New powers to stop parents avoiding paying child maintenance that they owe have been announced.
A consultation on changes to make it easier to claim a Funeral Expenses Payment has opened today (5 July 2017).
David Gauke, the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has today (15 June 2017) welcomed the department’s new ministerial team.
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