News and case law

5 November, 2021

New DWP guidance on making payments of benefit arrears by instalments confirms that a claimant must agree to the arrangement before a decision maker can proceed

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5 November, 2021

Government confirms that local housing allowance rates for 2022/2023 are to be maintained at their ‘elevated’ 2020/2021 levels

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5 November, 2021

DWP confirms it is continuing to prioritise work capability assessments for contributory ESA claims ‘that have exhausted or are at risk of exhausting’

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5 November, 2021

More than a third of attendance allowance calls to the DWP go unanswered, according to new government figures

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5 November, 2021

More than half a million universal credit claimants had the maximum of 25 per cent of their standard allowance deducted from their entitlement to repay advances or government debts in May 2021

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5 November, 2021

Scope of advocacy services available to Social Security Scotland claimants extended to include ‘non-instructed’ advocacy

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4 November, 2021

Peers seek early statutory review of benefit cap levels, citing mounting evidence of the impact on child poverty, food insecurity, homelessness, mental health and on survivors of domestic abuse

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4 November, 2021

Further limitation of exception to the universal credit basic condition ‘not to be receiving education’ for those in receipt of a disability benefit

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4 November, 2021

Northern Ireland Executive says it does not have sufficient resources to fund DfC’s bid for £55 million to mitigate £20 universal credit cut

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4 November, 2021

Social Security Scotland received 230 complaints during 2020/2021 of which almost a fifth progressed to a full ‘stage two’ investigation

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3 November, 2021

Family of Philippa Day secures ‘substantial financial settlement’ from Capita by way of compensation for contractor’s failings which materially contributed to her death

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3 November, 2021 Open access

House of Lords votes to preserve triple-lock protection for state pension

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Employment case law round up

New DWP guidance on making payments of benefit arrears by instalments confirms that a claimant must agree to the arrangement before a decision maker can proceed

More than a million people were on furlough on the closure of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in September 2021

Government confirms that local housing allowance rates for 2022/2023 are to be maintained at their ‘elevated’ 2020/2021 levels

DWP confirms it is continuing to prioritise work capability assessments for contributory ESA claims ‘that have exhausted or are at risk of exhausting’

NAO qualifies opinion on HMRC’s 2020/2021 accounts due to levels of fraud and error in Covid-19 support schemes

More than a third of attendance allowance calls to the DWP go unanswered, according to new government figures

More than half a million universal credit claimants had the maximum of 25 per cent of their standard allowance deducted from their entitlement to repay advances or government debts in May 2021

Number of adults in England and Wales working for gig economy ‘platforms’ at least once a week triples in five years to reach 4.4 million

Master of the Rolls confirms the informal ‘Overall Arrangements for Possession Proceedings’ guidance introduced on the resumption of possession cases in England and Wales in September 2020 has ended

Scope of advocacy services available to Social Security Scotland claimants extended to include ‘non-instructed’ advocacy

Peers seek early statutory review of benefit cap levels, citing mounting evidence of the impact on child poverty, food insecurity, homelessness, mental health and on survivors of domestic abuse

Further limitation of exception to the universal credit basic condition ‘not to be receiving education’ for those in receipt of a disability benefit

Renters Reform Bill will be brought forward ‘in due course and when parliamentary time allows’

Northern Ireland Executive says it does not have sufficient resources to fund DfC’s bid for £55 million to mitigate £20 universal credit cut

Housing Ombudsman sets out expectations for landlords handling disrepair complaints alongside claims made pursuant to the MoJ’s Pre-Action Protocol for Housing Condition Claims

Social Security Scotland received 230 complaints during 2020/2021 of which almost a fifth progressed to a full ‘stage two’ investigation

Family of Philippa Day secures ‘substantial financial settlement’ from Capita by way of compensation for contractor’s failings which materially contributed to her death

House of Lords votes to preserve triple-lock protection for state pension