News and case law

7 June, 2024

Court of Appeal rules that refusal of bereavement benefit claim by surviving cohabitee was not discriminatory

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7 June, 2024

Election 2024: End Child Poverty Coalition research finds strong correlation between local areas with high child poverty rates and prevalence of two-child limit

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7 June, 2024

First-tier Tribunal was not entitled to hear and decide PIP appeal as a two-person tribunal

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7 June, 2024

Senior President of Tribunals issues Practice Direction on providing written reasons for decisions in the First-tier Tribunal

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6 June, 2024

PCS and GMB unions co-ordinate joint week-long strike involving Jobcentre security guards

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6 June, 2024

Less than a third of the almost half a million people who have completed 12 months on the Restart scheme have achieved sustained employment of six months or more

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5 June, 2024

CPAG sets out three-step plan to make universal credit the ‘safety net that families need’

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5 June, 2024

DWP advises of some ‘small scale’ Move to UC activity for ESA claimants this month

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5 June, 2024

Tribunal’s failure to apply temporary absence from GB disregard to claimant caught by Covid-19 travel restrictions amounted to error of law

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4 June, 2024 Open access

Election 2024: JRF calls on Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to demonstrate that they are serious about addressing hardship

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4 June, 2024

Scottish Government says it made good progress in reducing child poverty in 2023/2024 despite ongoing requirement to mitigate impact of UK welfare policies such as the benefit cap

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3 June, 2024

DWP is deducting £1.6 billion a year from low-income households for debt repayments

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31 May, 2024

Criminal activity counted as work and receipts from that activity counted as income for ESA purposes

More Welfare rights case law

Court of Appeal rules that refusal of bereavement benefit claim by surviving cohabitee was not discriminatory

Election 2024: End Child Poverty Coalition research finds strong correlation between local areas with high child poverty rates and prevalence of two-child limit

First-tier Tribunal was not entitled to hear and decide PIP appeal as a two-person tribunal

Senior President of Tribunals issues Practice Direction on providing written reasons for decisions in the First-tier Tribunal

Scottish Parliament passes Bill that enables creation of a mental health moratorium as part of Scotland’s statutory debt moratorium scheme

PCS and GMB unions co-ordinate joint week-long strike involving Jobcentre security guards

Less than a third of the almost half a million people who have completed 12 months on the Restart scheme have achieved sustained employment of six months or more

More than half the requests for local government-funded social care in England in 2022/2023 resulted in no support or the provision of only advice or signposting

CPAG sets out three-step plan to make universal credit the ‘safety net that families need’

DWP advises of some ‘small scale’ Move to UC activity for ESA claimants this month

Tribunal’s failure to apply temporary absence from GB disregard to claimant caught by Covid-19 travel restrictions amounted to error of law

Election 2024: JRF calls on Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to demonstrate that they are serious about addressing hardship

Scottish Government says it made good progress in reducing child poverty in 2023/2024 despite ongoing requirement to mitigate impact of UK welfare policies such as the benefit cap

Setting of minimum standards to require private landlords in Northern Ireland to provide and maintain fire, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in their rental properties

DWP is deducting £1.6 billion a year from low-income households for debt repayments

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

Round-up of recent Ombudsman decisions and reports

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Criminal activity counted as work and receipts from that activity counted as income for ESA purposes