Benefit Cap Archives - Policy in Practice

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How to maximise unclaimed Pension Credit take up As the cost of living crisis continues and further increases in energy costs expected before winter, many pensioners are facing unprecedented financial challenges. Yet money is available that could lessen the financial strain. DWP estimates that up to one million pensioners, around a third of all those who are eligible, are missing out on unclaimed Pension Credit. This equates to £1.7 billion of benefits that could be worth around £3,300 for an individual pensioner household. Alongside DWP’s nationwide summer Pension Credit awareness campaign local authorities are running proactive, highly targeted Pension Credit awareness take up campaigns, and achieving great results. Minister for Pensions Guy Opperman said: “We’re going all out to promote Pension Credit, knowing how important this extra support, worth on average over £3,300 per year, could be for pensioners across the country. “It’s great to see the excellent work Local Authorities are doing to boost take-up in their areas. We’re also calling on everyone with retired family, friends and loved ones to check in with them and see if they could be eligible.” Join this webinar to learn: - Why a focus on tackling pensioner poverty is now needed - The value of unclaimed Pension Credit, and the number of households not claiming, by local authority area - Successful case studies from councils that are boosting pensioner incomes by £2,700 per household, on average	24/8/2022j/n/Y	10:30 BST2022-08-24T09:30:00ZH:i T	1.3 hours	Register
How to identify and support Just About Managing households using data The government wants to make life easier for the 'squeezed middle' or people who are just about managing. Despite most being in work, they are struggling to meet their cost of living. We know that one in five adults have less than £100 in savings, one in ten have no savings at all and more than a quarter have less than £500. Many families are one broken appliance away from slipping into debt. Local authorities want to help families who are struggling now to avoid a crisis down the line yet they have little or no visibility over people who are not already claiming benefits. Now though, analysis of other datasets can be used to get a clearer picture of families who are just about managing. Join this webinar to hear: - Who is just about managing now but at risk in the future due to the rising cost of living - Which datasets can be used to identify families in danger of debt - How local authorities can target support to avert crisis	21/9/2022j/n/Y	10:30 BST2022-09-21T09:30:00ZH:i T	1.3 hours	Register

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How to maximise unclaimed Pension Credit take up As the cost of living crisis continues and further increases in energy costs expected before winter, many pensioners are facing unprecedented financial challenges. Yet money is available that could lessen the financial strain.

DWP estimates that up to one million pensioners, around a third of all those who are eligible, are missing out on unclaimed Pension Credit. This equates to £1.7 billion of benefits that could be worth around £3,300 for an individual pensioner household.

Alongside DWP’s nationwide summer Pension Credit awareness campaign local authorities are running proactive, highly targeted Pension Credit awareness take up campaigns, and achieving great results.

Minister for Pensions Guy Opperman said:

“We’re going all out to promote Pension Credit, knowing how important this extra support, worth on average over £3,300 per year, could be for pensioners across the country.

“It’s great to see the excellent work Local Authorities are doing to boost take-up in their areas. We’re also calling on everyone with retired family, friends and loved ones to check in with them and see if they could be eligible.”

Join this webinar to learn:

- Why a focus on tackling pensioner poverty is now needed
- The value of unclaimed Pension Credit, and the number of households not claiming, by local authority area
- Successful case studies from councils that are boosting pensioner incomes by £2,700 per household, on average

24/8/2022

10:30 BST

1.3 hours

How to identify and support Just About Managing households using data The government wants to make life easier for the 'squeezed middle' or people who are just about managing. Despite most being in work, they are struggling to meet their cost of living.

We know that one in five adults have less than £100 in savings, one in ten have no savings at all and more than a quarter have less than £500. Many families are one broken appliance away from slipping into debt.

Local authorities want to help families who are struggling now to avoid a crisis down the line yet they have little or no visibility over people who are not already claiming benefits. Now though, analysis of other datasets can be used to get a clearer picture of families who are just about managing.

Join this webinar to hear:

- Who is just about managing now but at risk in the future due to the rising cost of living
- Which datasets can be used to identify families in danger of debt
- How local authorities can target support to avert crisis

21/9/2022

10:30 BST

1.3 hours

Mind the benefit cap: why families are still falling through our welfare system

Analysis of new benefit cap statistics show the privated rented sector is unaffordable for most affected families, anywhere in Britain.

Four practical steps the DWP can take today to improve Universal Credit

Free school meals should be for all school holidays, not just for Christmas

Our new analysis about free school meals shows how many families struggle to meet the extra costs of food in school holidays, and why. We also present strategies the government could adopt to ensure that no family is in financial crisis as a result of the school holidays, including extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit.

Photo of young child on a London bus to illustrate new research by Policy in Practice on the interaction of COVID-19 measures and the Benefit Cap on low-income Londoners

New analysis: benefit capped households set to double

Benefit capped households are set to double as a result of the interaction of the COVID-19 measures and the Benefit Cap. We examine why, for the GLA.

Giovanni Tonutti, Policy in Practice, gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on the impact of the Benefit Cap

Benefit Cap: Policy in Practice’s evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee

Policy in Practice today gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee about the impact of the lower benefit cap. This post summarises some of the key points presented before MPs, based on our experience of supporting local welfare providers on the front line.