NEWS

The latest DWP news can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions. 

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• LA Welfare Direct bulletins: 2025 (16 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/la-welfare-direct-bulletins-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3f60ba2a-5862-4234-8b81-c6e93a69823b&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 3: Subjects common to all benefits: staff guide (15 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vol-3-subjects-common-to-all-benefits-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=87f7db20-46fc-412b-b318-aaf6bee011e8&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

• Universal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement of Care Leavers) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 30 of 2024-25 (13 January 2025)
  https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/lln-2025-0004/.

Miscellaneous

• Upcoming DWP research publications (17 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-upcoming-research-publications?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b5736629-3cce-4d52-916e-16eff9a8703e&utm_content=daily.

• DWP Government Major Projects Portfolio data, 2024 (16 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-government-major-projects-portfolio-data-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=58f41aff-8c0e-4a4d-b9d1-275240c5ae3b&utm_content=daily.

• Cold Weather Payment estimates: 2024 to 2025 (15 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cold-weather-payment-estimates-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5deff09b-2ae2-4fcc-a450-4cd42441632a&utm_content=daily.

• Jobcentre Plus: opportunities for public and voluntary organisations (15 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-partnership-opportunities-with-jobcentre-plus?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=517ab26d-26b2-4462-a103-e75dfbff2bed&utm_content=daily.

• List of upcoming releases of management information and ad hoc analyses (15 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-upcoming-releases-of-management-information-and-ad-hoc-analyses?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=07bce2be-83cd-41db-bdd4-4d916431a930&utm_content=daily.

• Employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme (14 January 2025)
  ​​​​​​​https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=551dcbaf-5137-41ed-bb08-6aba8e861f95&utm_content=daily.

ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2023/24

The Annual Report and Accounts 2023/24 of the DWP can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e34d8448-2363-47f0-8e0a-7337a412f7e8&utm_content=daily.