News and case law

22 March, 2022

Maternity Action calls on Work and Pensions Secretary to carry out urgent assessment of reasons for fall of more than 40 per cent in maternity allowance awards since 2015/2016

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22 March, 2022

Decision to cease entitlement to income support because claimant’s carer’s allowance had stopped can be revised if the decision to stop carer’s allowance is subsequently overturned

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22 March, 2022

Number of universal credit households subject to the benefit cap fell by almost a third between September and October 2021

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22 March, 2022

More than three-quarters of PIP assessments continue to be carried out over the telephone, according to latest DWP figures

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22 March, 2022

Social security benefits uprating 2022/2023

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22 March, 2022

Miscellaneous amendments consequential to the introduction of adult disability payment in Scotland

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21 March, 2022 Open access

Emergency regulations laid to enable immediate benefit support for those fleeing the invasion in Ukraine

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21 March, 2022

Replacing universal credit new claim advances with non-repayable starter payments would ‘not be a responsible use of taxpayer’s money’, government tells SSAC

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21 March, 2022

DWP issues guidance to local authorities on the effect of council tax energy rebates and test and trace support payments on housing benefit

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21 March, 2022

Disregarding payments from the energy rebate scheme for universal credit purposes

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18 March, 2022

Government outlines details of strategy that will ‘reshape how, where and when the DWP delivers its services’ over the next ten years

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Maternity Action calls on Work and Pensions Secretary to carry out urgent assessment of reasons for fall of more than 40 per cent in maternity allowance awards since 2015/2016

Decision to cease entitlement to income support because claimant’s carer’s allowance had stopped can be revised if the decision to stop carer’s allowance is subsequently overturned

Relationship between social landlords and managing agents or third-party freeholders is often strained and, at worst, dysfunctional

Number of universal credit households subject to the benefit cap fell by almost a third between September and October 2021

More than three-quarters of PIP assessments continue to be carried out over the telephone, according to latest DWP figures

Government has ‘seriously underestimated’ the costs of adult social care charging reforms, England’s largest councils and care providers warn

England Illegal Money Lending Team welcomes report that proposes action to address the fact that a million people are in debt to an illegal lender

Social security benefits uprating 2022/2023

Miscellaneous amendments consequential to the introduction of adult disability payment in Scotland

Emergency regulations laid to enable immediate benefit support for those fleeing the invasion in Ukraine

Eligibility for housing and homelessness assistance in England for people who leave Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion

Scottish and Welsh Governments confirm that their respective Homes for Ukraine schemes are now open

Replacing universal credit new claim advances with non-repayable starter payments would ‘not be a responsible use of taxpayer’s money’, government tells SSAC

DWP issues guidance to local authorities on the effect of council tax energy rebates and test and trace support payments on housing benefit

Disregarding payments from the energy rebate scheme for universal credit purposes

Bill to introduce statutory parental bereavement leave and pay in Northern Ireland receives Royal Assent

Scottish Government launches consultation on guidance for the provision of community equipment and housing adaptations

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Government outlines details of strategy that will ‘reshape how, where and when the DWP delivers its services’ over the next ten years