Welfare rights news

7 September, 2017

Scotland’s carer’s allowance supplement will be paid twice a year rather than weekly

First payments of the supplement are planned from next summer and will be backdated to April 2018

7 September, 2017

Amendment of budgeting loan rules relating to the requirement to have been in receipt of a qualifying benefit for a period of 26 weeks

New social fund amendment direction

6 September, 2017

Loan payments to replace support for mortgage interest from 6 April 2018 in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

5 September, 2017

Scottish First Minister outlines plans to make Scotland fairer and more equal

New Programme for Government includes next steps for rolling out new social security powers during the next parliamentary year

5 September, 2017

Right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal after refusal of a late application for mandatory reconsideration

New DWP guidance

5 September, 2017

Disregard of payments from schemes helping those affected by Thalidomide or infected blood when calculating means tested benefits

New statutory instrument

1 September, 2017

UN Committee raises concerns about the impact of austerity measures on disabled people

Recommendations include ensuring people in the work-related activity group for ESA access 'full compensation of disability related costs'

1 September, 2017

Low income families are thousands of pounds a year worse off due to UK welfare cuts, says Scottish Government

New report highlights that biggest impact is caused by the four-year freeze in working-age benefits

1 September, 2017

Replacement of support for mortgage interest with loans in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule also provides for additional work-related requirements for responsible carers and the removal of the limited capability for work element in universal credit

24 August, 2017

New DWP figures highlight 76 per cent fall in the caseload of EEA nationals claiming JSA

Change follows introduction of series of measures to restrict access to benefits for EEA migrants

23 August, 2017

Social security reforms introduced since 2010 are affecting disabled people's rights to independent living

Report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission and others recommends an inquiry into the support and sufficiency of benefit allowances for disabled people

21 August, 2017

Return of inflation means the benefits freeze has become 'toxic' for struggling families, says Child Poverty Action Group

New research highlights that, for the first time in decades, support for families is not keeping pace with increases in the cost of raising children

21 August, 2017

DWP’s Fraud and Error Service to carry out initial investigation of possible incorrect declaration of capital for housing benefit purposes

Change should provide some 'resource flexibility' for local authorities to focus on other fraud and error priorities, says DWP

18 August, 2017

National Audit Office calls for evidence on the impact universal credit is having on both claimants and local stakeholders

Results of the NAO study are scheduled to be published in Spring 2018

8 August, 2017

Scottish Government launches new 10-point plan to make funeral arrangements more affordable

Plan includes introducing a new funeral expense assistance benefit by summer 2019

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Scotland’s carer’s allowance supplement will be paid twice a year rather than weekly

First payments of the supplement are planned from next summer and will be backdated to April 2018

Amendment of budgeting loan rules relating to the requirement to have been in receipt of a qualifying benefit for a period of 26 weeks

Loan payments to replace support for mortgage interest from 6 April 2018 in Northern Ireland

Scottish First Minister outlines plans to make Scotland fairer and more equal

Right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal after refusal of a late application for mandatory reconsideration

Disregard of payments from schemes helping those affected by Thalidomide or infected blood when calculating means tested benefits

UN Committee raises concerns about the impact of austerity measures on disabled people

Recommendations include ensuring people in the work-related activity group for ESA access 'full compensation of disability related costs'

Low income families are thousands of pounds a year worse off due to UK welfare cuts, says Scottish Government

Replacement of support for mortgage interest with loans in Northern Ireland

New DWP figures highlight 76 per cent fall in the caseload of EEA nationals claiming JSA

Social security reforms introduced since 2010 are affecting disabled people's rights to independent living

Return of inflation means the benefits freeze has become 'toxic' for struggling families, says Child Poverty Action Group

DWP’s Fraud and Error Service to carry out initial investigation of possible incorrect declaration of capital for housing benefit purposes

Meeting the past presence test through residence in Member States for the purposes of attendance allowance and DLA

3.4 per cent of universal credit claimants had a sanction deduction applied to their claim in December 2016

60 per cent of people claiming universal credit have been claiming the benefit for more than six months

Care leavers are three times more likely to be sanctioned than their peers, says Children’s Society

National Audit Office calls for evidence on the impact universal credit is having on both claimants and local stakeholders

Scottish Government launches new 10-point plan to make funeral arrangements more affordable