News and case law

25 May, 2023

Court of Appeal rules that Secretary of State’s practice of excluding claimants awaiting verification of national insurance number applications from advance payments of universal credit is unlawful

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25 May, 2023

Managed migration of universal credit to roll out in Durham and Tees Valley, Kent, North London and East Anglia from July 2023

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25 May, 2023

DWP sets out high-level strategy for evaluating and tracking the performance of the Health Transformation Programme

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25 May, 2023

Claimants that participated in Covid-related employment programmes provide mixed views on the adequacy of the support they received from their work coach to move into work

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24 May, 2023

Chair of Work and Pensions Committee asks the DWP to explain why it has refused to share data relating to sanctions with researchers

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24 May, 2023

More than 100,000 universal credit households were subject to the minimum income floor in February 2023

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24 May, 2023

Public Accounts Committee launches inquiry into DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022/2023

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24 May, 2023

Public Accounts Committee launches inquiry into ‘revising health assessments’ for disability benefits

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23 May, 2023

Claimant can rely on social assistance benefits paid to a partner in order to demonstrate self-sufficiency where their presence did not increase entitlement

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23 May, 2023

Where there is evidence that earnings were paid in two separate assessment periods, information from RTI system reporting them as paid in same assessment period can be disregarded

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23 May, 2023

Senedd Committee warns that response to cost of living crisis risks being a ‘sticking plaster’ for the most vulnerable people in Wales and calls for a more sustainable, long-term approach

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19 May, 2023

DWP announces trial of peer mentoring programme designed to help claimants out of addiction and into employment

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Court of Appeal rules that Secretary of State’s practice of excluding claimants awaiting verification of national insurance number applications from advance payments of universal credit is unlawful

Managed migration of universal credit to roll out in Durham and Tees Valley, Kent, North London and East Anglia from July 2023

DWP sets out high-level strategy for evaluating and tracking the performance of the Health Transformation Programme

Claimants that participated in Covid-related employment programmes provide mixed views on the adequacy of the support they received from their work coach to move into work

FCA consults on placing temporary Covid-19 requirements for lenders to support borrowers in difficulty on a permanent footing

Chair of Work and Pensions Committee asks the DWP to explain why it has refused to share data relating to sanctions with researchers

Around 140 organisations join JCWI and CIH in calling on the government to abandon its plans to remove HMO licensing requirements from asylum accommodation

More than 100,000 universal credit households were subject to the minimum income floor in February 2023

House of Commons votes in favour of motion calling for Housing Secretary to confirm government’s plans for the reform of the leasehold system

Failure by social landlords to prioritise knowledge and information management is causing ‘daily detriment’ to tenants, says Ombudsman

Public Accounts Committee launches inquiry into DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022/2023

Public Accounts Committee launches inquiry into ‘revising health assessments’ for disability benefits

Public Accounts Committee launches inquiry into supported housing

Claimant can rely on social assistance benefits paid to a partner in order to demonstrate self-sufficiency where their presence did not increase entitlement

Where there is evidence that earnings were paid in two separate assessment periods, information from RTI system reporting them as paid in same assessment period can be disregarded

Senedd Committee warns that response to cost of living crisis risks being a ‘sticking plaster’ for the most vulnerable people in Wales and calls for a more sustainable, long-term approach

Department for Communities launches consultation on payment options given to private tenants in Northern Ireland when paying rent and other costs

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

DWP announces trial of peer mentoring programme designed to help claimants out of addiction and into employment