More detailed information about New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for stakeholders and claimants.
In his Spring Statement on 23 March 2022 the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an increase to the annual National Insurance thresholds for employees, and for the self-employed – that is, the point at which individuals start to pay the main rate of National Insurance contributions (NICs) on their earnings, or their profits.
Latest Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistics show that as at 31st January 2022 there were 2.9 million claimants entitled to PIP (caseload), with just over one in three cases (35%) receiving the highest level of award.
Outcomes of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments, including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals information.
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How to complain about the service you get from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or from an organisation that provides its services. Read the full story
An overview of how many mortgage-holders became trapped in expensive deals, and of efforts made to help resolve the situation.
This short paper summarises trends in unemployment rates and looks at how rates vary by ethnicity, age and gender.
New TUC report shows nearly twice as many older workers have left the labour market due to sickness and ill health (97,000) than those who have retired (50,000) during the pandemic
In its report published today the Public Accounts Committee says it supports the Department for Work and Pensions’ “intention of supporting young people into work at what was expected to be a downturn in employment opportunities” – but the £1.9 billion “emergency intervention” Kickstart scheme has supported far fewer young people than predicted, “early delivery was chaotic” and DWP “neglected to put in place basic management information that would be expected for a multi-billion-pound grant programme”.