News and case law

7 September, 2021

DWP confirms two-year extension of regional PIP health assessment contracts across the UK to 31 July 2023

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7 September, 2021

APPG launches call for evidence as part of its inquiry into in-work poverty

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6 September, 2021

Where a tax credit claim has not been made on the correct form, there is a right of appeal against whether the claimant provided relevant information, but not against whether it may be treated as a claim

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3 September, 2021 Open access

Human Rights Watch warns MPs that removal of universal credit and tax credit ‘uplift’ would breach UK’s international human rights obligations

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3 September, 2021

DWP indicates that ‘Functional Assessment Service’ contracts from August 2023 will be worth more than £2bn

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3 September, 2021

IPPR warns that 1.3 million people in UK are at risk of destitution due to no recourse to public funds condition

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2 September, 2021 Open access

Public sees claimants that are new to the benefits system during Covid-19 as ‘more deserving’ and ‘less blameworthy’ than those who claimed pre-pandemic

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2 September, 2021

Public Law Project publishes open letter from the DWP explaining process for claimants to request that hardship payments are not recovered

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2 September, 2021 Open access

Government risks causing ‘immense, immediate and avoidable hardship’ if it goes ahead with planned £20-a-week cut to universal credit and working tax credit

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1 September, 2021 Open access

Work and Pensions Secretary rejects call from chairs of cross-party committees in all four UK Parliaments to extend universal credit and tax credit ‘uplift’ beyond September 2021

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1 September, 2021

Total value of housing benefit overpayments identified, recovered or written off all decreased in 2020/2021

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31 August, 2021 Open access

Devolved governments call on Work and Pensions Secretary not to end universal credit and tax credit £20 uplift and instead make it permanent

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31 August, 2021

DWP confirms that work capability assessment contract with Maximus has been extended by two years to 31 July 2023

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Measures to protect private tenants in Northern Ireland from eviction extended to 4 May 2022

DWP confirms two-year extension of regional PIP health assessment contracts across the UK to 31 July 2023

Court of Appeal rules that Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal erred in law by failing to allow extension of time limit for claimant to add age discrimination to her claim

APPG launches call for evidence as part of its inquiry into in-work poverty

Where a tax credit claim has not been made on the correct form, there is a right of appeal against whether the claimant provided relevant information, but not against whether it may be treated as a claim

Employment case law round up

Human Rights Watch warns MPs that removal of universal credit and tax credit ‘uplift’ would breach UK’s international human rights obligations

DWP indicates that ‘Functional Assessment Service’ contracts from August 2023 will be worth more than £2bn

IPPR warns that 1.3 million people in UK are at risk of destitution due to no recourse to public funds condition

Court of Appeal considers whether absence of appeal procedure in redundancy situation of itself makes dismissal unfair

Public sees claimants that are new to the benefits system during Covid-19 as ‘more deserving’ and ‘less blameworthy’ than those who claimed pre-pandemic

Public Law Project publishes open letter from the DWP explaining process for claimants to request that hardship payments are not recovered

Government risks causing ‘immense, immediate and avoidable hardship’ if it goes ahead with planned £20-a-week cut to universal credit and working tax credit

Work and Pensions Secretary rejects call from chairs of cross-party committees in all four UK Parliaments to extend universal credit and tax credit ‘uplift’ beyond September 2021

Total value of housing benefit overpayments identified, recovered or written off all decreased in 2020/2021

High Court dismisses employer’s application to strike out claimant’s civil claim for damages arising out of the same situation that was the subject of a compromised employment claim

Communities Minister announces that legislation protecting private renters from eviction in Northern Ireland is to be extended to 4 May 2022

Devolved governments call on Work and Pensions Secretary not to end universal credit and tax credit £20 uplift and instead make it permanent

DWP confirms that work capability assessment contract with Maximus has been extended by two years to 31 July 2023