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  • DWP consultation on reform of health and disability benefits and employment support available on DfC website

    Topics:
    • Benefits, 
    • Welfare changes, 
    • Welfare changes briefing and evaluation framework

    Date published: 1 April 2025

    A consultation on proposals to reform the health and disability benefits system and employment support has been added to the Department for Communities website.

    blue infographic with words consultation open in white

    The consultation on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper is scheduled to run until Monday 30 June 2025.

    Those interested in contributing to the DWP consultation can access Consultation on Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper | Department for Communities.

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