News and case law

29 September, 2021

Northern Ireland Audit Office qualifies opinion on Department for Communities accounts for 2020/2021 due to level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure

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28 September, 2021

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry to investigate how the application and assessment processes for health-related benefits might be improved

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28 September, 2021

Setting rate of deductions from universal credit for court fines at 5 per cent of standard allowance

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28 September, 2021

Exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test in Northern Ireland for specified persons who have come to the UK from Afghanistan

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27 September, 2021

HMCTS confirms that online ‘Submit Your Appeal’ service has now been extended to all DWP benefits

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27 September, 2021

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary calls on government to ‘cancel the cut’, as he sets out Labour’s plans for a better benefits system

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27 September, 2021

UK Government urged to continue to provide social security payments to EU citizens even if they have not yet applied to EUSS

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27 September, 2021

Scottish child payment added to list of assistance that Ministers are under duty to uprate annually

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24 September, 2021 Open access

High Court hearing to consider decision not to extend the £20 universal credit uplift to people on legacy benefits has been delayed

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24 September, 2021 Open access

Government considering reduction in universal credit taper rate from 63 per cent to 60 per cent

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24 September, 2021

Exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test for specified persons who have come to the UK from Afghanistan

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24 September, 2021

DWP’s findings from its research into disabled people’s experiences of the benefits system appear to have been ‘brushed under the carpet’

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Northern Ireland Audit Office qualifies opinion on Department for Communities accounts for 2020/2021 due to level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure

Scottish Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee launches consultation on licensing scheme for short-term lets

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry to investigate how the application and assessment processes for health-related benefits might be improved

Setting rate of deductions from universal credit for court fines at 5 per cent of standard allowance

Exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test in Northern Ireland for specified persons who have come to the UK from Afghanistan

Amendment of eligibility criteria for tribunal membership ahead of the transfer of valuation appeals functions to the Scottish Tribunals jurisdiction

Scottish Government confirms £10 million funding to provide grants to tenants in rent arrears as a result of Covid-19 pandemic

HMCTS confirms that online ‘Submit Your Appeal’ service has now been extended to all DWP benefits

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary calls on government to ‘cancel the cut’, as he sets out Labour’s plans for a better benefits system

Labour Party sets out ‘bold, radical and forward thinking’ New Settlement to tackle housing crisis

Labour Party publishes employment rights green paper outlining raft of measures to increase and strengthen workers’ rights

UK Government urged to continue to provide social security payments to EU citizens even if they have not yet applied to EUSS

Scottish child payment added to list of assistance that Ministers are under duty to uprate annually

Employment case law round up

High Court hearing to consider decision not to extend the £20 universal credit uplift to people on legacy benefits has been delayed

Government considering reduction in universal credit taper rate from 63 per cent to 60 per cent

Government to introduce legislation making it illegal for employers to withhold tips from workers

Exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test for specified persons who have come to the UK from Afghanistan

DWP’s findings from its research into disabled people’s experiences of the benefits system appear to have been ‘brushed under the carpet’