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26 June, 2020 Open access

Citizens Advice research finds that almost 1.4 million people in UK are subject to ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition

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26 June, 2020

Restricting tribunal’s consideration to ‘circumstances obtaining at time of decision under appeal’ does not limit consideration to evidence that was before the first instance decision maker

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25 June, 2020

Government confirms it will not be challenging Court of Appeal judgment which found Secretary of State acted irrationally by failing to adapt earned income assessment rules in universal credit

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25 June, 2020 Open access

Incomes at the 10th percentile failed to increase in the five years to 2018/2019 as falls in benefit and tax credit income offset growth in employment incomes, says IFS

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25 June, 2020

Whether First-tier Tribunal’s enforcement reference to Upper Tribunal, relating to Secretary of State’s failure to comply with direction to provide summary of ESA adjudication history, was valid

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25 June, 2020 Open access

Social Care Staff Support Fund launched in Scotland to provide financial support to care workers facing income losses as a result of coronavirus

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25 June, 2020 Open access

Minister confirms that benefit reviews and reassessments remain suspended while the government reviews what activity it can reintroduce in line with the latest public health advice

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24 June, 2020

Ensuring that extra-statutory payments, including compensation for people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, are disregarded from means-tested benefits

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24 June, 2020

After benefits and taxes, disposable income of the richest fifth of people in the UK still more than five times larger than the income of the poorest fifth

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24 June, 2020

Claimant whose inability to use public transport arose entirely from physical health problems was not entitled to points under mobility descriptor 1(d)

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24 June, 2020

Almost 80 per cent of council tax reduction recipients in Scotland received a full reduction in March 2020

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23 June, 2020 Open access

Government says that people who are shielding as a result of COVID-19 will not be entitled to SSP on that basis from 1 August 2020

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23 June, 2020

Prime Minister made unsubstantiated claims to Commons about level of child poverty, says Children’s Commissioner

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23 June, 2020 Open access

Number of new universal credit claims during week to 16 June 2020 still almost 20 per cent higher than during first week of March

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Citizens Advice research finds that almost 1.4 million people in UK are subject to ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition

Restricting tribunal’s consideration to ‘circumstances obtaining at time of decision under appeal’ does not limit consideration to evidence that was before the first instance decision maker

Government confirms it will not be challenging Court of Appeal judgment which found Secretary of State acted irrationally by failing to adapt earned income assessment rules in universal credit

Incomes at the 10th percentile failed to increase in the five years to 2018/2019 as falls in benefit and tax credit income offset growth in employment incomes, says IFS

Debt charities warn of August ‘debt D-day’ unless government takes action to facilitate council tax recovery outside the court process

Government says it is exploring ‘a number of options’ to prevent increase in evictions once moratorium ends in August

Whether First-tier Tribunal’s enforcement reference to Upper Tribunal, relating to Secretary of State’s failure to comply with direction to provide summary of ESA adjudication history, was valid

Social Care Staff Support Fund launched in Scotland to provide financial support to care workers facing income losses as a result of coronavirus

Minister confirms that benefit reviews and reassessments remain suspended while the government reviews what activity it can reintroduce in line with the latest public health advice

Cancellation of up to £1,500 of a student’s living costs loan liability in Wales in the academic year 2020/2021

Ensuring that extra-statutory payments, including compensation for people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, are disregarded from means-tested benefits

Carers are struggling to combine work and care, with just two-fifths of working carers believing that their employer is carer-friendly

After benefits and taxes, disposable income of the richest fifth of people in the UK still more than five times larger than the income of the poorest fifth

Government announces further £105 million in funding to provide interim support for vulnerable people accommodated during coronavirus pandemic

Claimant whose inability to use public transport arose entirely from physical health problems was not entitled to points under mobility descriptor 1(d)

Almost 80 per cent of council tax reduction recipients in Scotland received a full reduction in March 2020

Government says that people who are shielding as a result of COVID-19 will not be entitled to SSP on that basis from 1 August 2020

Prime Minister made unsubstantiated claims to Commons about level of child poverty, says Children’s Commissioner

Number of new universal credit claims during week to 16 June 2020 still almost 20 per cent higher than during first week of March