Amber Rudd: SNP ministers to blame for new benefits powers delay
Ms Rudd wrote that the DWP has been “pressing the Scottish Government for more detailed delivery timelines and for specific details of their benefit design for some time”, but said plans were unclear until last week’s announcement.
She claimed the Scottish said “slow development of the detail of their approach to the benefits being devolved and underestimating the task at hand” meant it was not ready to accept “significant caseloads in a safe and secure manner”. The DWP will administer the benefits until 2024.
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Hide AdHolyrood social security secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said she would “take no lectures” given the controversy over Universal Credit, and claimed the DWP Secretary had “repeatedly cancelled or postponed meetings” with devolved counterparts.
Ms Rudd announced yesterday that pensioners receiving disability benefits would no longer have to undergo repeated medical assessments.