News and case law

19 January, 2022

Scottish Commission on Social Security publishes scrutiny reports on draft regulations relating to Disability Assistance for Children and Young People and Scottish Child Payment

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19 January, 2022

Social Security Advisory Committee launches study into how well new style contributory benefits are working

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18 January, 2022

Number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits fell by almost 30 per cent in the 12 months to November 2021

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18 January, 2022

Standard interest rate charged on loans for mortgage interest rises to 0.8 per cent

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18 January, 2022

Senedd Committee recommends widening scope of universal basic income pilot in Wales as a way to produce ‘richer, more persuasive evidence for future policy makers to consider’

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14 January, 2022

Less than 3 per cent of Flexible Support Fund expenditure in 2020/2021 supported claimants with childcare costs

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14 January, 2022

Department for Communities announces £55 million funding for an Energy Payment Support Scheme

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13 January, 2022

Parliamentary Ombudsman calls on government to ‘urgently rectify injustice’ to more than 118,000 claimants who were underpaid ESA on transfer from incapacity benefits

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13 January, 2022

Work and Pensions Committee uses parliamentary powers to obtain copy of DWP-commissioned research report after Secretary of State repeatedly refuses to publish it

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13 January, 2022

Miscellaneous amendments to council tax reduction schemes in England for 2022/2023

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12 January, 2022

Increasing benefits by 6 per cent in April 2022 would prevent a £290 real fall in ongoing benefit income for 10 million households

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Scottish Commission on Social Security publishes scrutiny reports on draft regulations relating to Disability Assistance for Children and Young People and Scottish Child Payment

Social Security Advisory Committee launches study into how well new style contributory benefits are working

Number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits fell by almost 30 per cent in the 12 months to November 2021

Standard interest rate charged on loans for mortgage interest rises to 0.8 per cent

Senedd Committee recommends widening scope of universal basic income pilot in Wales as a way to produce ‘richer, more persuasive evidence for future policy makers to consider’

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration after council failed to deal with mould growth in resident’s home for several months

Court of Appeal rules that agreement allowing a partner in an accountancy firm to stay on beyond normal retirement date was a ‘once and for all event’ for the purposes of deciding whether a discrimination claim had been brought in time

Prescribed model written statements for ‘occupation contracts’ under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

Employment case law round up

Requirement that second homes in England must be let for a minimum of 70 days a year to qualify for a council tax exemption to be introduced from April 2023

Less than 3 per cent of Flexible Support Fund expenditure in 2020/2021 supported claimants with childcare costs

Department for Communities announces £55 million funding for an Energy Payment Support Scheme

Parliamentary Ombudsman calls on government to ‘urgently rectify injustice’ to more than 118,000 claimants who were underpaid ESA on transfer from incapacity benefits

Work and Pensions Committee uses parliamentary powers to obtain copy of DWP-commissioned research report after Secretary of State repeatedly refuses to publish it

Welsh Government extends Tenancy Hardship Grant eligibility conditions to include rent arrears built up between July and December 2021

Miscellaneous amendments to council tax reduction schemes in England for 2022/2023

Supreme Court rules that leaseholders’ ‘right to manage’ one of ten blocks on an estate did not extend to management of shared estate facilities

Government launches consultation on plans to reform the leasehold and commonhold systems in England and Wales

Increasing benefits by 6 per cent in April 2022 would prevent a £290 real fall in ongoing benefit income for 10 million households