News and case law

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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13 January, 2021 Open access

Response to Covid-19 pandemic should be measured by ‘how just and compassionate it is to people in poverty’, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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13 January, 2021

Uprating of prescribed council tax reduction scheme applicable amounts for people who reach pensionable age on or after 1 April 2021

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12 January, 2021

Department for Communities issues Directions to authorise electronic claims for employment and support allowance in Northern Ireland

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12 January, 2021

Time that DWP ‘took the blinkers off’ and looked at real impact of five-week wait for universal credit, says Chair of Select Committee

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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’

Response to Covid-19 pandemic should be measured by ‘how just and compassionate it is to people in poverty’, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Uprating of prescribed council tax reduction scheme applicable amounts for people who reach pensionable age on or after 1 April 2021

Increasing student loan repayment earnings threshold to £25,000 in Scotland

Department for Communities issues Directions to authorise electronic claims for employment and support allowance in Northern Ireland

Time that DWP ‘took the blinkers off’ and looked at real impact of five-week wait for universal credit, says Chair of Select Committee