Welfare rights news and case law

22 March, 2017

Extent to which work-related activity between decision and tribunal hearing can be taken into account / relevance of third party assistance

CE/5625/2014

22 March, 2017

Removal of temporary accommodation management fee in housing benefit subsidy

New DWP guidance

22 March, 2017

Increase in carer’s allowance earnings limit in Northern Ireland from April 2017

New statutory rule

22 March, 2017

Revaluation of ‘protected payments’ subject to a pension sharing order in new state pension awards in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

22 March, 2017

Treatment of payments made to victims of National Socialist persecution in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

21 March, 2017

Universal credit claimants will be able to upload evidence direct to the online system by end of year, says Minister for Employment

Damian Hinds adds that waiting times on the universal credit helpline have reduced to eight or nine minutes

21 March, 2017

Uprating of pneumoconiosis lump sum payments

New statutory instrument

21 March, 2017

Lump sum payments payable to people with diffuse mesothelioma

New statutory instrument

21 March, 2017

Requirements on First-tier Tribunals when refusing to set aside substantive decisions

CH/2899/2016

21 March, 2017

Tribunal has jurisdiction to decide whether there was an earlier claim / a decision for a period determines all extant claims for that period

CJSA/2332/2016

20 March, 2017

Whether a lightweight pan is an aid or appliance for PIP activity 1 (preparing food)

CPIP/2740/2016

20 March, 2017

Disregard of rent reductions under tenant incentive schemes when calculating universal credit housing costs

New statutory instrument

20 March, 2017

Roll-out of Real Time Information service to housing benefit administrators

New DWP guidance

17 March, 2017

Reduction of the universal credit earnings taper rate

New DWP guidance

17 March, 2017

Increase in carer’s allowance earnings limit from April 2017

New statutory instrument

17 March, 2017

Changes in relation to the social fund in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

17 March, 2017

Benefit uprating 2017/2018 in Northern Ireland

New regulations issued

17 March, 2017

Restricting the uprating of guardian’s allowance

New statutory instrument

16 March, 2017

Government has its 'head in the sand' over universal credit, says Chair of Work and Pensions Committee

Response to growing body of evidence about the very real hardship that the new benefit is causing is 'flabbergasting', says Frank Field