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Updated today at 14.03 by SFF@GDA

The Longstop - a long shot for advisers with long memories

oh dear . all our yesterdays, when we where working on Supp Ben back in…

Updated today at 11.54 by Timothy Seaside

Claim closure due to new claimant commitments

bristol_1 - 02 March 2026 04:41 PM In all cases, I can’t make out what…

Updated today at 10.07 by Owen_Stevens

DWP fails to meet Information Commissioner deadline…

Another PFD report: https://www.judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/tamara-logan-prevention-of-future-deaths-report/ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mum-took-life-after-dwp-33306342 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0p2jp5d77o …

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Gender pay gap narrows but women continue to be overrepresented in low-paid and part-time work

MPs told that ‘forces of resistance’ within DWP have undermined ministerial attempts to fix longstanding problems with carer’s allowance

Connect to Work services expanded to include regions in Wales for the first time

Upper Tribunal clarifies the sequence for assessing PIP descriptors for planning and following journeys and the application of regulation 4(2A) to ‘cannot do’ descriptors

Limited Access to Work: How the Access to Work scheme could better fulfill its potential

Asylum seekers waiting over a year for claim in UK may be allowed to work under new measures

Cut-off date for claiming bereavement benefits did not breach disabled claimant’s ECHR rights | Tell Us Once service is not obliged to provide information about bereavement benefits

Case studies needed to support NAWRA’s call to make advice a statutory duty

Reports and briefings

Limited Access to Work: How the Access to Work scheme could better fulfill its potential

Out of the cold: Making Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards work for older private renters

Breaking down barriers: How remote and hybrid work can support disabled workers

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The Longstop - a long shot for advisers with long memories

Claim closure due to new claimant commitments

DWP fails to meet Information Commissioner deadline…

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Universal credit - changes to the health element in April 2026

Carer support in Scotland - latest changes