https://www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-if-youre-a-mixed-age-couple-and-get-migration-notice-letters If you’re in a couple where one of you is State Pension age, and you get a Migration Notice, you both need to move to Universal Credit as your benefits will end soon.
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Universal Credit if you’re State Pension age and get a Migration Notice letter
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-if-youre-state-pension-age-and-get-a-migration-notice-letter You need to move to Universal Credit if you get a Migration Notice letter and you’re State Pension age, as tax credits are ending soon.
Rachel Reeves is set to extend the household support fund
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/27/rachel-reeves-extend-support-fund-help-poorest-households?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other The chancellor is understood to be looking at a fifth extension of the scheme, which was launched in autumn 2021 to allow councils to distribute small grants for essentials for people in need. The details of the extension have not been finalised.
Pension Credit: What you need to know
Up to 880,000 households across the UK may be missing out on support worth on average over £3,900 a year. Read more about claiming for yourself or a loved one. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pension-credit-what-you-need-to-know–2
In her first newspaper interview since taking the role, Liz Kendall told the Observer that a drastic overhaul was required to fix a “broken” back-to-work system
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/17/its-time-to-end-blame-culture-over-benefits-bill-says-labour-minister?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Labour will end the blame culture aimed at people out of work and will not repeat the “salami slicing” of the benefits bill pursued by the Tories, the work and pensions secretary pledges today, as she warns that rising welfare spending is unsustainable.
GOV.UK App to serve ‘nine core functions’ and set for wide release in summer 2025
https://www.publictechnology.net/2024/08/13/society-and-welfare/excl-gov-uk-app-to-serve-nine-core-functions-and-set-for-wide-release-in-summer-2025/ First trailed in 2021, an app allowing citizens to access a broad range of services and manage their interactions with departments is now less than 12 months away, PublicTechnology understands
Planning reforms must prioritise social rent homes
https://campaigns.shelter.org.uk/tell-government-planning-reforms-must-prioritise-social-rent-homes?utm_source=adobe&utm_medium=email# On the 30th July, the new Labour government published proposals and a consultation on them to reform planning. We believe that too many of the homes being built by developers aren’t the right homes. We think the planning system isn’t doing enough to get the social homes built we need. The planning system should…
At least 90 arrests made across UK as police brace for further disorder
Bricks, chairs and bottles have been pelted at officers, mosques have been attacked, and a police station along with a number of community facilities across the country, including a library, have been torched in the violence. Prime minister Keir Starmer has given police his “full backing” to take any action necessary to respond to “extremists”…
The Minimum Wage
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/what-changes-are-we-making-to-the-minimum-wage We’re also taking the first steps towards making rates the same for everyone, regardless of age, by narrowing the gap between the National Minimum Wage, for 18–20-year-olds, and the National Living Wage.
The number of debt relief orders (DROs) in England and Wales has reached a record high
Total of more than 4,000 DROs granted in June 2024 represents a 15 per cent increase on previous month’s record high, and is more than double the long-term average https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individual-insolvency-statistics-june-2024