News and case law

22 September, 2023

DWP to procure a call alert and transcription service to support identification of claimants who raise suicidal thoughts

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22 September, 2023

DWP confirms that it plans to conduct more Department-led work capability reassessments as its capacity recovers post-Covid

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21 September, 2023

General public believes that benefit claimants are more deserving than at any point in the last 40 years

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21 September, 2023

Disregarding compensation payments relating to the Grenfell fire, the Post Office Horizon scandal and to vaccine damage in the calculation of council tax reduction in Scotland

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20 September, 2023

Qualifying day to establish entitlement to the second cost of living payment for 2023/2024 set as 17 September 2023

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20 September, 2023

Government confirms that next cost of living payment will be issued between 31 October and 19 November 2023

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20 September, 2023

HMRC to begin contacting the ‘several hundred thousand’ people who may be entitled to £1.3 billion of underpaid state pension caused by national insurance records error

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20 September, 2023

Determining competency where an economically inactive claimant is resident in one Member State and their economically active family member is resident in another Member State

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20 September, 2023

DWP issues guidance on change to underlying entitlement conditions for widowed parent’s allowance due to Bereavement Benefit (Remedial) Order 2023

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20 September, 2023

DWP announces start of second phase of its ‘enhanced daily support’ pilot for universal credit claimants

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20 September, 2023

Chair of Standards Committee in Northern Ireland warns that ‘considerable thought’ needs to be given to implementation of managed migration to avoid a decline in decision-making standards

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19 September, 2023

Number of households subject to benefit cap decreased by more than 20 per cent in three months to May 2023

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19 September, 2023

More than 200,000 PIP claims were registered in England and Wales in the three months to July 2023, the highest level since the benefit was introduced

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DWP to procure a call alert and transcription service to support identification of claimants who raise suicidal thoughts

DWP confirms that it plans to conduct more Department-led work capability reassessments as its capacity recovers post-Covid

Independent oversight body for debt enforcement sector in England and Wales launches accreditation scheme

General public believes that benefit claimants are more deserving than at any point in the last 40 years

StepChange calls for increased protections for private tenants to be included in the Renters (Reform) Bill

Scottish Parliament approves final extension of temporary cost of living tenant protections

Disregarding compensation payments relating to the Grenfell fire, the Post Office Horizon scandal and to vaccine damage in the calculation of council tax reduction in Scotland

Qualifying day to establish entitlement to the second cost of living payment for 2023/2024 set as 17 September 2023

Government confirms that next cost of living payment will be issued between 31 October and 19 November 2023

HMRC to begin contacting the ‘several hundred thousand’ people who may be entitled to £1.3 billion of underpaid state pension caused by national insurance records error

Government issues consultation on requiring hospital staff to provide minimum service levels during strikes

Determining competency where an economically inactive claimant is resident in one Member State and their economically active family member is resident in another Member State

DWP issues guidance on change to underlying entitlement conditions for widowed parent’s allowance due to Bereavement Benefit (Remedial) Order 2023

DWP announces start of second phase of its ‘enhanced daily support’ pilot for universal credit claimants

Chair of Standards Committee in Northern Ireland warns that ‘considerable thought’ needs to be given to implementation of managed migration to avoid a decline in decision-making standards

Government reports that 85 per cent of the Afghan people who have left bridging accommodation have been moved or matched to settled accommodation

Government’s delay in responding to MPs’ report on private rented sector reform ‘significantly inhibits’ Select Committee’s constitutional role in scrutinising the work of the Levelling Up Department

Number of households subject to benefit cap decreased by more than 20 per cent in three months to May 2023

More than 200,000 PIP claims were registered in England and Wales in the three months to July 2023, the highest level since the benefit was introduced