The government’s response to a Work and Pensions Select Committee report on benefit sanctions1 was issued on 22 October 2015.2Paul Treloar explores the government’s appetite, or not, for taking up the recommendations made.
The Welfare Reform and Work Bill was laid before parliament and given its first reading on 9 July 2015. The second reading took place on 21 July 2015 and CPAG will continue to lobby for amendments to the Bill as it progresses through parliament. Paul Treloar summarises the main points of the Bill.