News and case law

24 March, 2022

Change made to how often the Work and Pensions Secretary must review the level of the benefit cap

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24 March, 2022

Rate of overpayments in the universal credit Covid caseload was a ‘remarkable’ 25 per cent

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24 March, 2022

Government estimates that delayed PIP award reviews resulting from DWP operational measures to manage referrals to assessment providers will increase expenditure on awards by £85 million in the two years to April 2023

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24 March, 2022

Bereavement support payment claimant could not rely on period when deceased partner remained married to someone else in establishing marriage by cohabitation under Scottish law

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24 March, 2022

Uprating of mesothelioma lump sum payments from April 2022 in Northern Ireland

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24 March, 2022

Social security benefits uprating in Northern Ireland 2022/2023

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23 March, 2022

Government announces extra £500 million for the discretionary Household Support Fund to ‘support the most vulnerable families with their essentials’

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23 March, 2022

Tribunal was correct to decide that an Irish widow’s pension should be counted as claimant’s unearned income to be deducted from any calculation of universal credit

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23 March, 2022

Welsh Government publishes research into the experiences and perceptions of people who received a Covid-19 Self-Isolation Support Payment

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23 March, 2022

More than 57,000 unpaid carers in Wales to receive a £500 one-off payment

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23 March, 2022 Open access

Exemption from habitual residence and past presence tests for specified benefits for people arriving in Scotland from Ukraine

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23 March, 2022

Enabling people in Northern Ireland to continue to be able to claim SSP where absence from work is related to Covid-19

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23 March, 2022

Miscellaneous amendments in relation to the further rollout of universal credit to replace legacy benefits in Northern Ireland

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22 March, 2022 Open access

Amendment of child benefit residence conditions and tax credit income rules to support people arriving in the UK from Ukraine and their sponsors

More Welfare rights news

Change made to how often the Work and Pensions Secretary must review the level of the benefit cap

Rate of overpayments in the universal credit Covid caseload was a ‘remarkable’ 25 per cent

Government estimates that delayed PIP award reviews resulting from DWP operational measures to manage referrals to assessment providers will increase expenditure on awards by £85 million in the two years to April 2023

Short and Holiday-Let Accommodation (Registration) Bill receives its first reading in House of Commons

Bereavement support payment claimant could not rely on period when deceased partner remained married to someone else in establishing marriage by cohabitation under Scottish law

Amendment of Welsh local authorities’ powers to increase council tax on empty dwellings to enable increases of up to 300 per cent

Increase of limits applying to certain awards of industrial tribunals and other sums payable under employment legislation in Northern Ireland

Amendments to social security and employment legislation in Northern Ireland to include references to parental bereavement leave and pay

Uprating of mesothelioma lump sum payments from April 2022 in Northern Ireland

Social security benefits uprating in Northern Ireland 2022/2023

Government announces extra £500 million for the discretionary Household Support Fund to ‘support the most vulnerable families with their essentials’

We Are Debt Advisers, Advice UK and Unite Debt Advisers Network issue joint call for MaPs to engage in a ‘meaningful and full consultation’ on the future of debt advice

Tribunal was correct to decide that an Irish widow’s pension should be counted as claimant’s unearned income to be deducted from any calculation of universal credit

Welsh Government publishes research into the experiences and perceptions of people who received a Covid-19 Self-Isolation Support Payment

More than 57,000 unpaid carers in Wales to receive a £500 one-off payment

Exemption from habitual residence and past presence tests for specified benefits for people arriving in Scotland from Ukraine

Enabling people in Northern Ireland to continue to be able to claim SSP where absence from work is related to Covid-19

Miscellaneous amendments in relation to the further rollout of universal credit to replace legacy benefits in Northern Ireland

Amendment of child benefit residence conditions and tax credit income rules to support people arriving in the UK from Ukraine and their sponsors