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Work and Pensions Committee

November 4, 2019

No Government should accept consequences of two child limit, says Committee

The Government’s justifications for its policy to restrict support to two children are based on assumptions that “simply do not hold true” says the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
October 29, 2019

Government’s defence of injustice to bereaved children cannot stand, says Committee

The Supreme Court ruled over a year ago that the Government’s refusal to pay bereavement benefits to a widowed mother because she was not married to her partner was incompatible with human rights law.
August 7, 2019

Committe calls on DWP to write off carers' debts caused by its own errors

The Work and Pensions Committee has called on the DWP to consider writing off debts due to its own protracted administrative failures.
August 2, 2019

Debt charity responds to Work and Pensions Committee report on the welfare safety net

Debt advice charity says DWP must ensure deductions from benefits do not worsen problem debt for the most vulnerable.
August 1, 2019

UK poverty and destitution levels are a choice to be unmade, says Committee

Some Universal Credit claimants are left with as little as £20 per week to cover bills, food and other essential costs, Work and Pensions Committee finds.
July 24, 2019

Universal Credit should come with a health warning, says Select Committee

So-called natural migration is trapping benefit claimants in the DWP 'lobster pot', struggling with a sudden drop in income and with no way back, says the Work and Pensions Committee.
July 6, 2019

Government 'wilfully missed the point' on Universal Credit managed migration tests

Committee says MPs have pleaded with the Government not to transfer claimants to Universal Credit until it can guarantee none will be left destitute.
June 8, 2019

Committee asks DWP to reconsider stance on Universal Credit survival sex evidence

Request for a revised official response comes after powerful private testimony from women with personal experience, to be published shortly.
May 9, 2019

Universal Credit rent losses for claimants and landlords 'not a problem of perception'

Frank Field says the ongoing administrative failures of Universal Credit are biting into incomes already cut, frozen, sanctioned and capped to below basic living costs.
April 17, 2019

Government 'heading for another billion pound scandal on benefits'

The cost of fixing years of underpayments to disabled claimants is expected to be nearly £1 billion.