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10 September, 2020 Open access

New universal credit claimants have seen a 40 per cent fall in their net income during the COVID-19 crisis

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9 September, 2020 Open access

Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls on government to make £20 a week uplift to universal credit and working tax credit permanent and extend it to legacy benefits

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9 September, 2020

Minister for Communities confirms that welfare mitigation schemes in Northern Ireland will continue until new legislation is passed to extend them

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9 September, 2020

Panel undertaking Independent Review of Administrative Law launches call for evidence on reform of the judicial review process

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9 September, 2020

Amendments to the Healthy Start Scheme in Wales

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8 September, 2020 Open access

Government’s response to Select Committee’s report on DWP’s response to coronavirus outbreak ‘leaves many questions unanswered’

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8 September, 2020 Open access

Scotland records largest ever monthly increase in council tax reduction recipients in the first month of COVID-19 lockdown

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8 September, 2020 Open access

DWP confirms that it has no plans to amend qualifying period for Support for Mortgage Interest in response to coronavirus outbreak

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8 September, 2020

DWP should undertake further work to explore using ‘implicit consent’ model within universal credit, says SSAC

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8 September, 2020

Whether single claimant could avoid prohibition on claiming tax credits in a universal credit full-service area by relying on previous year’s joint award

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8 September, 2020 Open access

Justice Committee launches inquiry into future of legal aid in light of concerns about pressures on system during coronavirus pandemic

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7 September, 2020 Open access

DWP issues guidance on entitlement to the additional earnings disregard in housing benefit that accounts for the temporary increase in the basic element of working tax credit

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New universal credit claimants have seen a 40 per cent fall in their net income during the COVID-19 crisis

Council criticised for delay in reviewing suitability of accommodation for disabled man and for not having housing procurement policy in place to secure suitable property

Measures to protect private tenants in Northern Ireland from eviction extended to 31 March 2021

Commons Petitions Committee ‘extremely disappointed’ at government’s rejection of its recommendation to extend paid maternity leave in light of COVID-19 pandemic

County Court rules that letting agent’s policy of refusing to rent to people in receipt of housing benefit is unlawful

Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls on government to make £20 a week uplift to universal credit and working tax credit permanent and extend it to legacy benefits

Minister for Communities confirms that welfare mitigation schemes in Northern Ireland will continue until new legislation is passed to extend them

Panel undertaking Independent Review of Administrative Law launches call for evidence on reform of the judicial review process

Amendments to the Healthy Start Scheme in Wales

Government’s response to Select Committee’s report on DWP’s response to coronavirus outbreak ‘leaves many questions unanswered’

HMRC estimates that up to £3.5 billion in Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme payments may have been due to fraud and error

Scotland records largest ever monthly increase in council tax reduction recipients in the first month of COVID-19 lockdown

Government confirms key policy changes included in new model for shared ownership

Northern Ireland Assembly approves motion calling on the British Government to extend the furlough scheme beyond October 2020

DWP confirms that it has no plans to amend qualifying period for Support for Mortgage Interest in response to coronavirus outbreak

DWP should undertake further work to explore using ‘implicit consent’ model within universal credit, says SSAC

Whether single claimant could avoid prohibition on claiming tax credits in a universal credit full-service area by relying on previous year’s joint award

Justice Committee launches inquiry into future of legal aid in light of concerns about pressures on system during coronavirus pandemic

DWP issues guidance on entitlement to the additional earnings disregard in housing benefit that accounts for the temporary increase in the basic element of working tax credit