News and case law

19 May, 2023

Disability cost of living payments to be issued between 20 June and 4 July 2023

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19 May, 2023

Qualifying day to establish entitlement to the 2023/2024 disability cost of living payment set as 1 April 2023

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19 May, 2023

Human rights remedy not available to 71 year old claimant whose PIP mobility component award was not increased to the enhanced rate following terminal illness diagnosis

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19 May, 2023

Senior President of Tribunals decides to implement proposal that PIP appeals about failure to attend a consultation or provide information should always be decided by a judge alone

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19 May, 2023

Scottish Commission on Social Security recommends that clearer guidance should be issued to claimants transferring to adult disability payment from other disability benefits

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19 May, 2023

Exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test in Northern Ireland for people fleeing Sudan

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18 May, 2023

Amendment of Sure Start maternity grant entitlement conditions for people fleeing Afghanistan and Ukraine

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18 May, 2023

Nearly one in five child benefit claimants say a ‘digital by default’ system would cause them problems

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18 May, 2023

Temporary increase to winter fuel payments in 2023/2024

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18 May, 2023

Enabling people arriving in the UK from Sudan to meet the residency conditions for social security assistance in Scotland from day one

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17 May, 2023

Miscellaneous minor amendments to universal credit legislation

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17 May, 2023

DWP announces decommissioning of further 19 temporary jobcentres

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17 May, 2023

Amendment of the habitual residence test in housing benefit for people fleeing Sudan

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16 May, 2023

Almost one in five universal credit claimants in the ‘searching for work’ conditionality regime are already in employment

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Disability cost of living payments to be issued between 20 June and 4 July 2023

Qualifying day to establish entitlement to the 2023/2024 disability cost of living payment set as 1 April 2023

Human rights remedy not available to 71 year old claimant whose PIP mobility component award was not increased to the enhanced rate following terminal illness diagnosis

Senior President of Tribunals decides to implement proposal that PIP appeals about failure to attend a consultation or provide information should always be decided by a judge alone

Scottish Commission on Social Security recommends that clearer guidance should be issued to claimants transferring to adult disability payment from other disability benefits

Amendments to Schedule 12 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

Exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test in Northern Ireland for people fleeing Sudan

Number of landlords in England and Wales seeking to evict tenants by a section 21 ‘no-fault’ eviction is higher now than before the Covid-19 pandemic

Amendment of Sure Start maternity grant entitlement conditions for people fleeing Afghanistan and Ukraine

Nearly one in five child benefit claimants say a ‘digital by default’ system would cause them problems

Ombudsman launches investigation into Hammersmith and Fulham Council to explore whether shortcomings in its handling of complaints and repair reports indicate wider failures

Temporary increase to winter fuel payments in 2023/2024

Enabling people arriving in the UK from Sudan to meet the residency conditions for social security assistance in Scotland from day one

Consequential amendments to the Rent Act 1977 as a result of the coming into force of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

Government introduces long-awaited Renters (Reform) Bill

Miscellaneous minor amendments to universal credit legislation

DWP announces decommissioning of further 19 temporary jobcentres

Amendment of the habitual residence test in housing benefit for people fleeing Sudan

Almost one in five universal credit claimants in the ‘searching for work’ conditionality regime are already in employment