News and case law

4 October, 2021

Tribunals hearing PIP appeals must be cautious not to infer from a claimant’s ability to engage with others in a very specific context that they would be able to carry out that task in other contexts

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1 October, 2021

Giving effect to new Convention on Social Security Coordination between the UK and the Swiss Confederation so far as it relates to Scotland’s devolved benefits

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1 October, 2021

Giving effect to new Convention on Social Security Coordination between the UK and the Swiss Confederation in Northern Ireland

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30 September, 2021 Open access

As furlough scheme and £20 ‘uplift’ come to an end, government launches £500 million support fund to ‘help vulnerable households with essentials over winter’

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30 September, 2021 Open access

HMRC confirms that working tax credit claimants not working their normal hours because of Covid-19 will no longer automatically retain entitlement

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30 September, 2021

CJEU Advocate General gives guidance on requirement for EEA nationals to have ‘comprehensive sickness insurance cover’ as condition of right to reside

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30 September, 2021

HMRC confirms it will no longer make any tax credit or child benefit payments into Post Office Card Accounts from 30 November 2021

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30 September, 2021

Independent advocacy service for disabled people accessing Scottish social security benefits to be launched early next year

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30 September, 2021

Scottish Government launches consultation on what powers over recovery of benefit debt should be transferred from the sheriff court to the Social Security Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal

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30 September, 2021

Giving effect to new Convention on Social Security Coordination between the UK and the Swiss Confederation

More Welfare rights news

29 September, 2021 Open access

Scottish Parliament votes in favour of motion calling on UK Government to cancel its planned cut to universal credit

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High Court rules that local authority was wrong to justify its refusal of claimant’s homelessness application on ground that it relied on ‘exactly the same facts’ as an earlier refused application

Tribunals hearing PIP appeals must be cautious not to infer from a claimant’s ability to engage with others in a very specific context that they would be able to carry out that task in other contexts

Employment case law round up

Government publishes statutory guidance on new duty on local authorities in England to provide support in safe accommodation for victims of domestic abuse

Giving effect to new Convention on Social Security Coordination between the UK and the Swiss Confederation so far as it relates to Scotland’s devolved benefits

Giving effect to new Convention on Social Security Coordination between the UK and the Swiss Confederation in Northern Ireland

As furlough scheme and £20 ‘uplift’ come to an end, government launches £500 million support fund to ‘help vulnerable households with essentials over winter’

HMRC confirms that working tax credit claimants not working their normal hours because of Covid-19 will no longer automatically retain entitlement

CJEU Advocate General gives guidance on requirement for EEA nationals to have ‘comprehensive sickness insurance cover’ as condition of right to reside

HMRC confirms it will no longer make any tax credit or child benefit payments into Post Office Card Accounts from 30 November 2021

44,000 households in England threatened with ‘no fault eviction’ between April 2019 and March 2021

More than 100,000 renters on universal credit in England at risk of eviction by being two or more months behind with their rent

Independent advocacy service for disabled people accessing Scottish social security benefits to be launched early next year

Housing Ombudsman finds severe maladministration after housing association resident waits seven years for repairs

Scottish Government launches consultation on what powers over recovery of benefit debt should be transferred from the sheriff court to the Social Security Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal

Giving effect to new Convention on Social Security Coordination between the UK and the Swiss Confederation

Scottish Parliament votes in favour of motion calling on UK Government to cancel its planned cut to universal credit

Ombudsman reports ‘relentless rise’ in proportion of social care complaints upheld over last decade

Northern Ireland High Court rules that creditor’s statutory demand should be set aside as it failed to set out clear and accurate details of sum owed