News and case law

4 July, 2014

High Court rules that retrospective legislation relating to back-to-work scheme is 'incompatible' with European Convention on Human Rights

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3 July, 2014

Housing benefit subsidy and discretionary housing payment grants to local authorities

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3 July, 2014

Withdrawal rate of universal credit should be reduced over time from 65 per cent to 55 per cent, recommends Policy in Practice

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3 July, 2014

Liberal Democrats pledge to introduce ‘carer’s bonus’ in 2015 manifesto

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3 July, 2014

Welfare reforms will lead to average loss of £10.75 per week to Welsh households, says Institute for Fiscal Studies

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3 July, 2014

Welfare Reform Committee launches call for evidence on Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill

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3 July, 2014

Changes to child maintenance scheme in Northern Ireland

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2 July, 2014

Work Programme achieved 296,000 job outcomes between June 2011 and March 2014

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2 July, 2014

Need to clearly distinguish between actual and notional capital, and establish proper evidential basis for adverse credibility finding against claimant

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2 July, 2014

Need to clearly distinguish between actual and notional capital, and establish proper evidential basis for adverse credibility finding against claimant

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2 July, 2014

Circumstances in which an appeal lapses / when regulation 29 should be considered in ESA appeals

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2 July, 2014

Changes proposed to the format in which 'fraud and error in the benefit system' statistics are published

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2 July, 2014

Work Programme now operating at similar levels to previous programmes, though less than original forecast

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2 July, 2014

Changes to child maintenance scheme in Northern Ireland

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2 July, 2014

Recently homeless jobseekers in Northern Ireland to be treated as available for work if trying to find accommodation

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1 July, 2014

PIP waiting times to be down to maximum of 16 weeks by the end of the year, says Iain Duncan Smith

More Welfare rights news

High Court rules that retrospective legislation relating to back-to-work scheme is 'incompatible' with European Convention on Human Rights

Housing benefit subsidy and discretionary housing payment grants to local authorities

Withdrawal rate of universal credit should be reduced over time from 65 per cent to 55 per cent, recommends Policy in Practice

Liberal Democrats pledge to introduce ‘carer’s bonus’ in 2015 manifesto

Welfare reforms will lead to average loss of £10.75 per week to Welsh households, says Institute for Fiscal Studies

Welfare Reform Committee launches call for evidence on Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill

Changes to child maintenance scheme in Northern Ireland

Work Programme achieved 296,000 job outcomes between June 2011 and March 2014

Need to clearly distinguish between actual and notional capital, and establish proper evidential basis for adverse credibility finding against claimant

Need to clearly distinguish between actual and notional capital, and establish proper evidential basis for adverse credibility finding against claimant

Circumstances in which an appeal lapses / when regulation 29 should be considered in ESA appeals

Changes proposed to the format in which 'fraud and error in the benefit system' statistics are published

House of Commons Library note on succession rights and social housing

Adult social care services in England ‘unsustainable’ if current budgetary pressures continue

New tougher rules for payday lenders come into effect

Work Programme now operating at similar levels to previous programmes, though less than original forecast

Changes to child maintenance scheme in Northern Ireland

Recently homeless jobseekers in Northern Ireland to be treated as available for work if trying to find accommodation

PIP waiting times to be down to maximum of 16 weeks by the end of the year, says Iain Duncan Smith