News and case law

12 August, 2019

Best Start payment card launched in Scotland

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9 August, 2019

Universal Credit Director General sets out basis for transitional payments to claimants who were previously entitled to SDP

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9 August, 2019

Scottish Government rejects MSP’s call to pay housing element of universal credit to landlords by default, but is open to making changes in future

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9 August, 2019

National Fraud Initiative pilot matching HMRC data to housing benefit claims reveals 21 per cent fraud and error rate

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9 August, 2019

DWP confirms that childcare costs will be accounted for if reported up to 30 days after end of universal credit assessment period

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9 August, 2019

Tribunal made insufficient findings of fact about whether claimant, who was sanctioned after refusing to confirm personal details held on Work Programme provider's computer, would have been willing to prove identity by other means

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8 August, 2019

Where a person has become involuntarily unemployed after less than a year, self-employed status can be retained

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8 August, 2019

Claimant had right to reside following Supreme Court decision in Gubeladze / failure of DWP to provide accurate information about claim history to tribunal

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8 August, 2019

A tribunal's failure to consider adjustments to assist a vulnerable claimant give evidence amounted to error of law / whether reference to definition of vulnerable adult in Practice Direction is ambulatory

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7 August, 2019

NAWRA writes to Universal Credit Director General querying compensation paid to claimants previously entitled to an SDP

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7 August, 2019

Tribunal required to consider claimant's ability to manage entirety of a journey, including parts not accomplished by driving, for purposes of mobility activity 1

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6 August, 2019

Government facing further legal challenge to universal credit migration arrangements for claimants who previously received SDP

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6 August, 2019

Government confirms appointment of new interim chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee

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5 August, 2019

Scottish Government responds to consultation on draft regulations relating to the investigation of benefit offences

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Best Start payment card launched in Scotland

Court of Appeal considers extent to which judgments of the ET and EAT should be redacted to anonymise the disabilities of the claimant

Whether second claim for disrepair under a lease was permitted or was relitigation of the same action so that it was barred by defence of res judicata

Universal Credit Director General sets out basis for transitional payments to claimants who were previously entitled to SDP

Scottish Government rejects MSP’s call to pay housing element of universal credit to landlords by default, but is open to making changes in future

National Fraud Initiative pilot matching HMRC data to housing benefit claims reveals 21 per cent fraud and error rate

DWP confirms that childcare costs will be accounted for if reported up to 30 days after end of universal credit assessment period

Tribunal made insufficient findings of fact about whether claimant, who was sanctioned after refusing to confirm personal details held on Work Programme provider's computer, would have been willing to prove identity by other means

Mortgage possession claims increase for fourth consecutive quarter following three year period of stability

Where a person has become involuntarily unemployed after less than a year, self-employed status can be retained

Claimant had right to reside following Supreme Court decision in Gubeladze / failure of DWP to provide accurate information about claim history to tribunal

A tribunal's failure to consider adjustments to assist a vulnerable claimant give evidence amounted to error of law / whether reference to definition of vulnerable adult in Practice Direction is ambulatory

Northern Ireland Court of Appeal rules that disabled applicant faced discrimination when employer failed to make reasonable adjustments to recruitment process

NAWRA writes to Universal Credit Director General querying compensation paid to claimants previously entitled to an SDP

Tribunal required to consider claimant's ability to manage entirety of a journey, including parts not accomplished by driving, for purposes of mobility activity 1

Government facing further legal challenge to universal credit migration arrangements for claimants who previously received SDP

Court of Appeal considers how holiday pay should be calculated in respect of a worker who works irregular hours on a term-time only basis

Government confirms appointment of new interim chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee

Scottish Government responds to consultation on draft regulations relating to the investigation of benefit offences