News and case law

7 September, 2022

High Court rules that denial of bereavement support payment to spouse of deceased woman who had been unable to work and pay national insurance contributions due to severe disability breached ECHR

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7 September, 2022

Value of housing benefit overpayments recovered or written off by local authorities exceeds value of overpayments identified for third year running

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7 September, 2022

TUC sets out series of proposed reforms to universal credit designed to create a ‘fairer, more effective system’

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6 September, 2022

Chloe Smith appointed new Work and Pensions Secretary as Thérèse Coffey moves to Health and Social Care

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6 September, 2022

Scottish Government confirms that it will increase Scottish child payment to £25 and expand eligibility to those aged between six and 15 from 14 November 2022

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6 September, 2022

More than 40,000 universal credit work capability assessments were carried out per month in the year to February 2022

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6 September, 2022 Open access

Tribunals reach different conclusion on substantially the same facts as DWP decision makers in almost 60 per cent of successful PIP appeals

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6 September, 2022

DWP confirms that it has not made any assessment of the number of claimants who would have moved into work in the absence of the Way to Work campaign

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6 September, 2022

Scottish Government publishes final evaluation of pilot to help people with health problems get into or stay in work

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2 September, 2022

DWP confirms it is increasing the automatic extension period for existing PIP awards awaiting review from three months to up to 12 months

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2 September, 2022

Equality and Human Rights Commission announces plans to work with local authorities to monitor how they are using AI to deliver essential services such as benefits payments

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High Court rules that denial of bereavement support payment to spouse of deceased woman who had been unable to work and pay national insurance contributions due to severe disability breached ECHR

Value of housing benefit overpayments recovered or written off by local authorities exceeds value of overpayments identified for third year running

TUC sets out series of proposed reforms to universal credit designed to create a ‘fairer, more effective system’

President of the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber issues guidance note on taking evidence by video or telephone from people located abroad

Chloe Smith appointed new Work and Pensions Secretary as Thérèse Coffey moves to Health and Social Care

Scottish Government to introduce emergency legislation to protect tenants by freezing rents and imposing a moratorium on evictions until at least 31 March 2023

Scottish Government confirms that it will increase Scottish child payment to £25 and expand eligibility to those aged between six and 15 from 14 November 2022

More than 40,000 universal credit work capability assessments were carried out per month in the year to February 2022

Tribunals reach different conclusion on substantially the same facts as DWP decision makers in almost 60 per cent of successful PIP appeals

DWP confirms that it has not made any assessment of the number of claimants who would have moved into work in the absence of the Way to Work campaign

Increases in fees in relation to insolvency proceedings in England and Wales

Scottish Government publishes final evaluation of pilot to help people with health problems get into or stay in work

More than 2.5 million people in England aged 50 or over are living with some form of unmet need for care

Government publishes new strategy to ‘deliver the step change required to end rough sleeping’

Scottish Social Justice and Social Security Committee launches inquiry into child poverty and parental employment

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

DWP confirms it is increasing the automatic extension period for existing PIP awards awaiting review from three months to up to 12 months

Equality and Human Rights Commission announces plans to work with local authorities to monitor how they are using AI to deliver essential services such as benefits payments

Providing Employment Appeal Tribunals with the power to conduct hearings by means of electronic communication on a permanent basis