News and case law

24 March, 2023

With more people regularly running out of money for essentials, the Scottish Welfare Fund is no longer operating as a short-term safety net

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24 March, 2023

‘No need to wait’ to introduce a Minimum Income Guarantee in Scotland

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24 March, 2023

Discovery phase for ‘Move to UC’ in Northern Ireland to begin next month

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23 March, 2023

DWP confirms that administrative exercise to correct state pension payments has identified more than 46,000 underpayments

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23 March, 2023

Less than 10 per cent of calls to the DWP’s Future Pension Centre were answered in the 4 weeks to 26 February 2023

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23 March, 2023

Just 45 of the 960 LHA rates for Great Britain were at or above the 30th percentile of local rents in the 12 months to September 2022

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23 March, 2023

Claimant not entitled to assume DWP knew daughter was living with him because she was claiming ESA from same address

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23 March, 2023

Drop in poorer households’ income in second year of Covid-19 pandemic is likely to continue once impact of high inflation is taken into account

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23 March, 2023

Extension of provisions that enable the use of audio and video live links in courts and tribunals in Northern Ireland

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23 March, 2023

Social security benefits uprating in Northern Ireland for 2023/2024

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22 March, 2023

IPPR calls for suspension of benefit sanctions until inflation is brought under control

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22 March, 2023

Cash-first approaches should be the default response to financial crisis, says APPG on Ending the Need for Food Banks

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22 March, 2023

UK’s system of income replacement is an ‘inadequate patchwork’ that in most cases falls far behind the support available in other rich countries

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22 March, 2023

Minister sets out details of new ‘Universal Support’ programme to help disabled people and those with health conditions into work

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22 March, 2023

Restart scheme will cost more per person and help fewer than planned, Public Account Committee finds

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With more people regularly running out of money for essentials, the Scottish Welfare Fund is no longer operating as a short-term safety net

‘No need to wait’ to introduce a Minimum Income Guarantee in Scotland

Discovery phase for ‘Move to UC’ in Northern Ireland to begin next month

DWP confirms that administrative exercise to correct state pension payments has identified more than 46,000 underpayments

Less than 10 per cent of calls to the DWP’s Future Pension Centre were answered in the 4 weeks to 26 February 2023

Just 45 of the 960 LHA rates for Great Britain were at or above the 30th percentile of local rents in the 12 months to September 2022

Claimant not entitled to assume DWP knew daughter was living with him because she was claiming ESA from same address

Average Band D council tax bills in England to exceed £2,000 for the first time in April 2023

Drop in poorer households’ income in second year of Covid-19 pandemic is likely to continue once impact of high inflation is taken into account

Extension of provisions that enable the use of audio and video live links in courts and tribunals in Northern Ireland

Social security benefits uprating in Northern Ireland for 2023/2024

IPPR calls for suspension of benefit sanctions until inflation is brought under control

Cash-first approaches should be the default response to financial crisis, says APPG on Ending the Need for Food Banks

UK’s system of income replacement is an ‘inadequate patchwork’ that in most cases falls far behind the support available in other rich countries

Court of Appeal rules that section 233 of the Local Government Act 1972 applies in relation to notices served under section 83ZA of the Housing Act 1985

Minister sets out details of new ‘Universal Support’ programme to help disabled people and those with health conditions into work

Restart scheme will cost more per person and help fewer than planned, Public Account Committee finds

One in three people who have come into contact with a bailiff experienced behaviour that broke MoJ rules

Welsh Government to launch a consultation on establishing a single, unified tribunal system for Wales