Policy News Journal - 2013-14

 DWP consultations

DWP reform communications toolkit launched

DWP has produced a toolkit of communications materials to help tell the DWP Reform Story. It explains the context behind reforms and provides an overview of changes taking place over the next few years. The toolkit gives the headline information you need across all our policy areas. To support this DWP has produced more detailed packs, such as the Personal Independence Payment toolkit and the Universal Credit Partner toolkit .

The reform communications toolkit will be updated monthly so it is always accurate.

Employing Older Workers - Answering Employer Questions

The DWP have produced a short guide for employers aimed at answering many of the questions and addressing concerns that many employers have on the subject of Employing older workers – An employer’s guide

Past issues of the monthly stakeholder update can be accessed at the DWP website.

DWP MOVING ON TO A NEW (WEB) HOME

17 April 2013

The Department for Work & Pensions have begun their move to GOV.UK.

The new home for Department for Work and Pensions corporate and policy information is now Inside Government on GOV.UK. They will continue to move all web content to Inside Government between now and the end of 2013. The short address for the DWP’s new home page is www.gov.uk/dwp where you will now be able to find news, announcements, policy information, consultations and some publications on GOV.UK.

DWPs statistics and research news will move soon however information for specialist audiences is still available on the DWP site including that for:

Advisers and intermediaries Healthcare professionals Local Authority staff Suppliers Other specialists Catalogue of DWP leaflets

Specialist publications Detailed benefit guides Adviser Updates

DON’T DELAY IN RENEWING YOUR TAX CREDITS

23 April 2013

HMRC are reminding tax credit claimants that they risk their tax credits ceasing if they don’t renew by 31 July.

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