News and case law

15 January, 2021

Extending HMRC’s powers to review finalised tax credit awards to enable further backdating of disability element awards

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14 January, 2021 Open access

Labour Party to force Commons vote demanding that the government scraps planned cut to universal credit and working tax credit

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14 January, 2021

Scottish Child Payment entitlement where qualifying benefit is reduced to a nil award

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14 January, 2021

DWP sets out plans to expand its ‘PIP Apply’ pilot to further test the use of an online version of the PIP2 claim form

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14 January, 2021 Open access

Amendment of council tax reduction regulations in Scotland to provide for disregard of one-off £500 payment being made to NHS and social care workers

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14 January, 2021

Number of work capability assessments completed in first three months of lockdown reduced by more than 50 per cent compared to pre-March 2020

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14 January, 2021

Government publishes call for evidence in relation to independent review of the Human Rights Act

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14 January, 2021

Amendments to the prescribed requirements for council tax reduction schemes and the default scheme in Wales for 2021/2022

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13 January, 2021

Proposed changes to the way appeals from Upper Tribunal operate are ‘unnecessary, unfair and ineffective’

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13 January, 2021 Open access

HMCTS can’t continue with its ‘business as usual’ approach under the new lockdown, says Public and Commercial Services Union

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13 January, 2021 Open access

DWP advises that data on ESA and PIP claims from people diagnosed with ‘long Covid’ is not available or has not been collected

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13 January, 2021

Identification of claimants whose universal credit awards require adjusting to ensure monthly earnings are evenly allocated will become an automated process ‘early in 2021’

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Extending HMRC’s powers to review finalised tax credit awards to enable further backdating of disability element awards

Labour Party to force Commons vote demanding that the government scraps planned cut to universal credit and working tax credit

Ban on enforcement of eviction orders in Scotland extended to 31 March 2021

Scottish Child Payment entitlement where qualifying benefit is reduced to a nil award

Bill introduced in Parliament to address the gaps in the government’s financial support measures introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic

DWP sets out plans to expand its ‘PIP Apply’ pilot to further test the use of an online version of the PIP2 claim form

Amendment of council tax reduction regulations in Scotland to provide for disregard of one-off £500 payment being made to NHS and social care workers

Government announces plans to consult on steps that should be taken so that domestic abuse survivors can better exercise their existing employment rights

Seven out of ten requests for furlough from working mothers have been turned down following latest school closures

Number of work capability assessments completed in first three months of lockdown reduced by more than 50 per cent compared to pre-March 2020

Public and Commercial Services Union calls for HMCTS to immediately suspend all bailiff enforcement activity during current lockdown

Government publishes call for evidence in relation to independent review of the Human Rights Act

‘Everyone In’ campaign should be regarded as a ‘considerable achievement’, made more impressive by fact that MHCLG had no contingency plan for rough sleepers at outset of pandemic

Amendments to the prescribed requirements for council tax reduction schemes and the default scheme in Wales for 2021/2022

Proposed changes to the way appeals from Upper Tribunal operate are ‘unnecessary, unfair and ineffective’

HMCTS can’t continue with its ‘business as usual’ approach under the new lockdown, says Public and Commercial Services Union

Extension of modification of unsuitable temporary accommodation rules in Scotland to allow placement of homeless families in hotels and bed and breakfasts

DWP advises that data on ESA and PIP claims from people diagnosed with ‘long Covid’ is not available or has not been collected

Identification of claimants whose universal credit awards require adjusting to ensure monthly earnings are evenly allocated will become an automated process ‘early in 2021’