News and case law

22 April, 2020 Open access

Northern Ireland Assembly approves increase in access to discretionary support in response to coronavirus outbreak

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22 April, 2020 Open access

Scottish Government confirms details of £34 million support package for recently self-employed people who are excluded from the UK’s support scheme

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21 April, 2020 Open access

More than 140,000 ‘declarations’ for universal credit were made in just one day at the end of March 2020

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21 April, 2020 Open access

New video relay service launched for deaf claimants accessing universal credit

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21 April, 2020 Open access

Access to means-tested benefits for prisoners on temporary release

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21 April, 2020

Whether family members of a person who is self-employed in one State are required to claim sickness benefits in that State, even if they are habitually resident in another State

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21 April, 2020

Reconvened tribunal hearing must be before exactly the same panel or a completely different one

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20 April, 2020 Open access

Urgent action needed to strengthen the social security safety net during the coronavirus crisis, says Shadow Secretary of State

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20 April, 2020 Open access

New-style employment and support allowance can now be claimed online

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20 April, 2020 Open access

Housing benefit entitlement for prisoners on temporary release due to coronavirus outbreak

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20 April, 2020

Contact point for children’s school, GP, and dentist cannot be ‘ultimately determinative’ of the person who has main responsibility for tax credits purposes

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18 April, 2020 Open access

Government publishes further details of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ahead of it opening for applications next week

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17 April, 2020 Open access

Government announces one-month extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, to the end of June 2020

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17 April, 2020 Open access

Almost half of all adults expect their financial position to get worse over the next 12 months as a result of the coronavirus outbreak

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Government issues new COVID-19 guidance for people in receipt of direct payments for care and support

Northern Ireland Assembly approves increase in access to discretionary support in response to coronavirus outbreak

Scottish Government confirms details of £34 million support package for recently self-employed people who are excluded from the UK’s support scheme

More than 140,000 ‘declarations’ for universal credit were made in just one day at the end of March 2020

Court of Appeal rules that ‘Right to Rent’ Scheme is not unlawful

New video relay service launched for deaf claimants accessing universal credit

Access to means-tested benefits for prisoners on temporary release

Whether family members of a person who is self-employed in one State are required to claim sickness benefits in that State, even if they are habitually resident in another State

Reconvened tribunal hearing must be before exactly the same panel or a completely different one

Government must take urgent action to ‘close the gaps’ in its support of household finances during the COVID-19 crisis

Select Committee launches inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on homeless people and those in the private rented sector

Urgent action needed to strengthen the social security safety net during the coronavirus crisis, says Shadow Secretary of State

New-style employment and support allowance can now be claimed online

Housing benefit entitlement for prisoners on temporary release due to coronavirus outbreak

Contact point for children’s school, GP, and dentist cannot be ‘ultimately determinative’ of the person who has main responsibility for tax credits purposes

Employment case law round up

Government publishes further details of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ahead of it opening for applications next week

Government announces one-month extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, to the end of June 2020

Almost half of all adults expect their financial position to get worse over the next 12 months as a result of the coronavirus outbreak