News and case law

10 March, 2022

Revaluation of earnings factors used to calculate additional state pension and guaranteed minimum pension in Northern Ireland 2022/2023

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9 March, 2022

DWP identifies 22,500 cases where claimants who were underpaid ESA on transfer from incapacity benefits may have also been underpaid housing benefit

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9 March, 2022

To restore public trust, a ‘truly independent process’ is needed to investigate cases of death and serious harm linked to the DWP

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9 March, 2022

Lords Select Committee seeks further details of DWP’s justification for pre-empting normal parliamentary scrutiny by rushing in regulations that reduce the job seeking ‘permitted period’ to four weeks

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9 March, 2022

Application of housing benefit rules in relation to the bedroom tax and non-dependant deductions where a foster parent is accepting intermittent placements

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9 March, 2022

Ensuring that uprating of guardian’s allowance does not apply where the claimant is living abroad

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9 March, 2022

Entitlement to industrial injuries disablement benefit in Northern Ireland for those diagnosed with Dupuytren’s contracture

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8 March, 2022

‘Relevant threshold’ for purposes of calculating surplus earnings under universal credit to stay at £2,500 until 31 March 2023

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8 March, 2022

Resolution Foundation calls for benefits to be uprated by further five percentage points in April as Ukraine conflict pushes inflation towards 40-year high

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8 March, 2022

National Insurance earnings limits and thresholds for 2022/2023

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8 March, 2022

Uprating of tax credits, child benefit and guardian’s allowance from April 2022

More Welfare rights news

Revaluation of earnings factors used to calculate additional state pension and guaranteed minimum pension in Northern Ireland 2022/2023

DWP identifies 22,500 cases where claimants who were underpaid ESA on transfer from incapacity benefits may have also been underpaid housing benefit

Supreme Court considers circumstances in which a secure tenancy for a fixed term may be terminated by the landlord before the end of that term

To restore public trust, a ‘truly independent process’ is needed to investigate cases of death and serious harm linked to the DWP

Lords Select Committee seeks further details of DWP’s justification for pre-empting normal parliamentary scrutiny by rushing in regulations that reduce the job seeking ‘permitted period’ to four weeks

Application of housing benefit rules in relation to the bedroom tax and non-dependant deductions where a foster parent is accepting intermittent placements

Amendments to immigration provisions relating to housing and employment

Mayor of London renews call on government to give him power to freeze private rents in capital for two years

Ensuring that uprating of guardian’s allowance does not apply where the claimant is living abroad

Entitlement to industrial injuries disablement benefit in Northern Ireland for those diagnosed with Dupuytren’s contracture

Assessment of income and capital for the purposes of charging for residential care in England 2022/2023

Scottish Government launches consultation on new health and social care strategy for older people

‘Relevant threshold’ for purposes of calculating surplus earnings under universal credit to stay at £2,500 until 31 March 2023

Resolution Foundation calls for benefits to be uprated by further five percentage points in April as Ukraine conflict pushes inflation towards 40-year high

Peers vote to restore ‘key safeguarding Dilnot principle’ that enables local authority care costs to count towards cap on an individual’s social care costs

Department of Health and Social Care issues consultation on operational guidance for local authorities to implement lifetime cap on care costs from October 2023

National Insurance earnings limits and thresholds for 2022/2023

Uprating of tax credits, child benefit and guardian’s allowance from April 2022

Government ratifies international treaty recognising right to a workplace free from violence and harassment