News and case law

16 March, 2020

National Insurance earnings limits and thresholds for 2020/2021

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16 March, 2020

Human Rights Committee welcomes revised draft Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 Remedial Order

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13 March, 2020 Open access

DWP sets out range of measures it will put into place to support employees and claimants affected by coronavirus

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13 March, 2020 Open access

Regulations deeming people who are self-isolating as a result of coronavirus to be incapable of work for SSP purposes come into force today

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13 March, 2020 Open access

Temporary reforms to employment and support allowance and universal credit in Northern Ireland to support claimants during the coronavirus outbreak

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13 March, 2020

Government identifies 24,000 families that have been underpaid disabled child element of child tax credit, the third time in four years that the error has occurred

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13 March, 2020

Joint Committee on Human Rights issues call for evidence on Immigration and Social Security Coordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

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13 March, 2020

Tax credits, child benefit and guardian’s allowance uprating 2020/2021

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13 March, 2020

Provisions to give full effect to the 2020 benefits and pensions up-rating exercise

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13 March, 2020

Continuation of housing benefit transitional addition beyond 4 April 2020

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13 March, 2020

DWP confirms that practice of seeking new information at mandatory reconsideration stage in PIP cases has been adopted in ESA and universal credit

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13 March, 2020

Consequential amendments to secondary legislation in relation to the introduction of statutory parental bereavement pay

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12 March, 2020

OBR predicts that roll-out of universal credit will take two years longer than DWP currently assumes and won’t be completed until September 2026

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12 March, 2020

Right to independent advocacy for disabled people needing assistance in relation to Scottish social security system

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12 March, 2020

48 per cent of mandatory reconsiderations relating to an ESA work capability assessment are resulting in a changed decision

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12 March, 2020 Open access

Minister confirms that claimants infected with coronavirus or required to self-isolate will be treated as having limited capability for work for both ESA and universal credit

More Welfare rights news

National Insurance earnings limits and thresholds for 2020/2021

Human Rights Committee welcomes revised draft Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 Remedial Order

Government confirms it will legislate for Statutory Neonatal Leave and Pay in the forthcoming Employment Bill

Employment case law round up

DWP sets out range of measures it will put into place to support employees and claimants affected by coronavirus

Regulations deeming people who are self-isolating as a result of coronavirus to be incapable of work for SSP purposes come into force today

Temporary reforms to employment and support allowance and universal credit in Northern Ireland to support claimants during the coronavirus outbreak

Government identifies 24,000 families that have been underpaid disabled child element of child tax credit, the third time in four years that the error has occurred

Joint Committee on Human Rights issues call for evidence on Immigration and Social Security Coordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Consultation launched on National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates to apply from 2021

Tax credits, child benefit and guardian’s allowance uprating 2020/2021

Provisions to give full effect to the 2020 benefits and pensions up-rating exercise

Continuation of housing benefit transitional addition beyond 4 April 2020

DWP confirms that practice of seeking new information at mandatory reconsideration stage in PIP cases has been adopted in ESA and universal credit

Consequential amendments to secondary legislation in relation to the introduction of statutory parental bereavement pay

OBR predicts that roll-out of universal credit will take two years longer than DWP currently assumes and won’t be completed until September 2026

Right to independent advocacy for disabled people needing assistance in relation to Scottish social security system

48 per cent of mandatory reconsiderations relating to an ESA work capability assessment are resulting in a changed decision

Minister confirms that claimants infected with coronavirus or required to self-isolate will be treated as having limited capability for work for both ESA and universal credit