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News and case law

Chair of Independent Review of ADP launches call for evidence from organisations that support claimants to help inform future recommendations

Amendments to the Protected Trust Deed process in Scotland

Requirement for decision makers to consider whether claimants with pre-settled status would be destitute if benefit is refused

DWP’s algorithm for spotting housing benefit claims with high risk of fraud and error ‘seriously underperforms’

Where a claimant has received both carer’s allowance and new-style ESA, the cared-for person is not entitled to a severe disability premium

Number sleeping rough in London reached highest recorded level of almost 12,000 in 2023/2024

Information Commisioner’s Office orders HM Treasury to disclose impact data on end of £20 universal credit uplift

Election 2024: Almost 9 in 10 low-income families on universal credit went without essentials in May 2024

Reports and briefings

The scale of the challenge: JRF’s pre-election cost of living tracker

Old age tendencies: The impact of tax and benefit changes on intergenerational fairness

Suffering and squalor: The impact on mental health of living in hotel asylum accommodation

Discussion

Old Benefit Overpayments

People with pre/settled status may not know until too…

AT case and third country nationals - anyone seen any…

Rightsjobs

Video Debt Advisor

Benefits Advisor

Social Welfare Law Adviser (Welfare Benefits)

Training and events

Summer Conference 2024: Navigating changes and challenges

Universal Credit Migration - The End of the Line

Benefit Essentials with Disability Rights UK and CPAG (online)