News and case law

23 June, 2020 Open access

UK Statistics Authority urges Home Office to provide data on number of people who have been given leave to remain in UK subject to ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition

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23 June, 2020

Miscellaneous amendments to universal credit provisions in Northern Ireland in relation to childcare, the benefit cap, and verification of housing costs

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23 June, 2020

Universal credit needs reform to fit ‘modern relationships and how families live their lives today’

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23 June, 2020

DWP issues further guidance on effect of Supreme Court judgment in RR v SSWP

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22 June, 2020

Court of Appeal rules that Work and Pensions Secretary acted irrationally and unlawfully by failing to adapt earned income assessment rules to account for impact on certain universal credit claimants

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22 June, 2020 Open access

Social security system has at times been ‘too inflexible and slow to adapt’ to COVID-19, say MPs

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22 June, 2020 Open access

Work and Pensions Secretary authorises spending to ensure that the DWP responds effectively to COVID-19, irrespective of the formalities of Departmental expenditure limits

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22 June, 2020

Experience of claiming universal credit worsens or triggers health conditions for many claimants, finds National Housing Federation

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22 June, 2020

Calculation of the earnings threshold for the purpose of the benefit cap grace period in universal credit

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22 June, 2020

Meaning of ‘spouse’ under widowed parent’s allowance rules / whether possible to reinterpret under HRA to include partner married in ceremony that is not compliant with English marriage law

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19 June, 2020

DWP confirms it has undercounted universal credit full service sanction decisions for more than three years up to January 2020

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19 June, 2020 Open access

DWP issues guidance on how payments under CJRS and SEISS are treated for purposes of universal credit

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19 June, 2020 Open access

DWP issues guidance on how payments under CJRS and SEISS are treated for purposes of benefits other than universal credit

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Total value of rent arrears in Scottish social housing sector increased by almost six per cent in May 2020

Ofgem warns it will not tolerate ‘sharp practice or aggressive debt collection’ as energy firms begin to restart debt management activities

Total value of CJRS claims is now almost £23 billion, with increase of more than £2 billion in last week alone

UK Statistics Authority urges Home Office to provide data on number of people who have been given leave to remain in UK subject to ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition

Miscellaneous amendments to universal credit provisions in Northern Ireland in relation to childcare, the benefit cap, and verification of housing costs

Universal credit needs reform to fit ‘modern relationships and how families live their lives today’

DWP issues further guidance on effect of Supreme Court judgment in RR v SSWP

Court of Appeal rules that Work and Pensions Secretary acted irrationally and unlawfully by failing to adapt earned income assessment rules to account for impact on certain universal credit claimants

Social security system has at times been ‘too inflexible and slow to adapt’ to COVID-19, say MPs

Work and Pensions Secretary authorises spending to ensure that the DWP responds effectively to COVID-19, irrespective of the formalities of Departmental expenditure limits

Experience of claiming universal credit worsens or triggers health conditions for many claimants, finds National Housing Federation

Calculation of the earnings threshold for the purpose of the benefit cap grace period in universal credit

Meaning of ‘spouse’ under widowed parent’s allowance rules / whether possible to reinterpret under HRA to include partner married in ceremony that is not compliant with English marriage law

Extension of period over which enforcement agents are prevented from taking control of goods during coronavirus outbreak

Employment case law round up

DWP confirms it has undercounted universal credit full service sanction decisions for more than three years up to January 2020

DWP issues guidance on how payments under CJRS and SEISS are treated for purposes of universal credit

DWP issues guidance on how payments under CJRS and SEISS are treated for purposes of benefits other than universal credit

Almost 60 per cent of businesses have not provided top-ups to furloughed workers’ pay