News and case law

22 October, 2020

DWP outlines plans for ‘more flexible’ personal independence payment service, including online reporting of changes of circumstances

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21 October, 2020 Open access

COVID-19 may bring forward the date when the ‘poorly designed’ pensions triple lock is abandoned

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21 October, 2020 Open access

Replacing the pensions triple lock with a double lock could contribute to savings needed for the government to fund its priorities without raising taxes, says Centre for Policy Studies

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20 October, 2020 Open access

Reported cases of universal credit claimed fraudulently by misappropriating identity rose from less than 0.01 per cent of total claims in March 2020 to more than 1 per cent in July 2020

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20 October, 2020 Open access

Scottish Government gives local authorities flexibility to spend a further £20m of Scottish Welfare Fund resources to support people during the COVID-19 crisis

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20 October, 2020

Reallocation of calendar monthly payment of earnings to a different universal credit assessment period

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20 October, 2020 Open access

Equality and Human Rights Commission calls on the DWP to ensure social security system supports the right to an adequate standard of living

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20 October, 2020

DWP confirms that the six-month rule for terminally ill benefit claimants is to be changed

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20 October, 2020

Secretary of State says it is ‘not her intention in any way’ to introduce a grant at the start of universal credit claims

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20 October, 2020 Open access

Universal credit claimants will be given opportunity to ‘review their self-employment status and activity’ before minimum income floor is reintroduced, says Minister

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19 October, 2020

First-time universal credit claimants should receive a ‘starter payment’ to help alleviate hardship caused by five-week wait, MPs recommend

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19 October, 2020

Disabled people need more security from the benefits system, including longer term awards and the removal of sanctions, says Mind

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19 October, 2020

DWP issues new guidance to work coaches in relation to apportioning universal credit housing costs in cases where a joint tenant has left the property

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DWP outlines plans for ‘more flexible’ personal independence payment service, including online reporting of changes of circumstances

COVID-19 may bring forward the date when the ‘poorly designed’ pensions triple lock is abandoned

More than two million ‘at-risk’ jobs will not be saved by the Job Support Scheme, predicts New Economics Foundation

Replacing the pensions triple lock with a double lock could contribute to savings needed for the government to fund its priorities without raising taxes, says Centre for Policy Studies

Equal Pay (Information and Claims) Bill receives first reading in House of Commons

Reported cases of universal credit claimed fraudulently by misappropriating identity rose from less than 0.01 per cent of total claims in March 2020 to more than 1 per cent in July 2020

Scottish Government gives local authorities flexibility to spend a further £20m of Scottish Welfare Fund resources to support people during the COVID-19 crisis

Reallocation of calendar monthly payment of earnings to a different universal credit assessment period

Equality and Human Rights Commission calls on the DWP to ensure social security system supports the right to an adequate standard of living

DWP confirms that the six-month rule for terminally ill benefit claimants is to be changed

Secretary of State says it is ‘not her intention in any way’ to introduce a grant at the start of universal credit claims

Universal credit claimants will be given opportunity to ‘review their self-employment status and activity’ before minimum income floor is reintroduced, says Minister

Welsh Government launches Carers Support Fund to provide grants of up to £300 to help unpaid carers cope with extra costs of COVID-19

Government announces £3m funding for pilots to improve the quality and standard of supported accommodation provision

First-time universal credit claimants should receive a ‘starter payment’ to help alleviate hardship caused by five-week wait, MPs recommend

Ofgem introduces package of measures to help prevent self-disconnection and self-rationing by prepayment meter customers

Disabled people need more security from the benefits system, including longer term awards and the removal of sanctions, says Mind

DWP issues new guidance to work coaches in relation to apportioning universal credit housing costs in cases where a joint tenant has left the property

Supreme Court rules that housing association’s allocation policy prioritising Orthodox Jewish applicants is justified and proportionate in its discrimination