News and case law

28 January, 2022

Increase in carer’s allowance earnings limits in Scotland

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28 January, 2022

Government publishes new Concordat between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Scottish Government

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27 January, 2022

Universal credit claimants to be required to widen their job search outside of their preferred sector after just four weeks of jobseeking or face sanctions if they fail to comply

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27 January, 2022

DWP sets out processes it has in place to support claimants whose universal credit payment is suspended due to being assessed as a ‘high fraud risk’

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27 January, 2022 Open access

DWP confirms that Covid-19-related suspension of requirement to provide medical evidence after seven days of sickness has now ended

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27 January, 2022

Exception from the requirement to accept a claimant commitment in universal credit and ESA for those with a terminal illness in Northern Ireland

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26 January, 2022

Government confirms continued funding for Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland to deliver the universal credit ‘Help to Claim’ service

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26 January, 2022

Commission on Social Security launches plan for a ‘decent social security system’

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26 January, 2022

High Court rules that DWP’s National Disability Strategy is unlawful as consultation process failed to provide for ‘intelligent consideration and response’

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26 January, 2022

Almost 10 per cent of families eligible to claim child benefit opted out of receiving it in 2019/2020

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26 January, 2022

Scottish Government will need to deliver action at ‘a much a faster scale and pace’ in order to meet child poverty targets, says Poverty and Inequality Commission

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26 January, 2022

Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Poverty launches call for evidence on impact of poverty-related stigma

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25 January, 2022

Bill to extend terminal illness provisions in social security benefits passes final stage in Northern Ireland Assembly

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24 January, 2022

Exception from the requirement to accept a claimant commitment in universal credit and ESA for those with a terminal illness

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Increase in carer’s allowance earnings limits in Scotland

Government publishes new Concordat between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Scottish Government

Slow progress towards social care reform in Scotland is leading to tighter eligibility criteria being applied for accessing care and increasing levels of unmet need

Universal credit claimants to be required to widen their job search outside of their preferred sector after just four weeks of jobseeking or face sanctions if they fail to comply

DWP sets out processes it has in place to support claimants whose universal credit payment is suspended due to being assessed as a ‘high fraud risk’

Court of Appeal rules that notice seeking possession and certificate relating to tenancy deposit scheme that had been signed by company landlord’s agent but not the landlord itself were both valid

DWP confirms that Covid-19-related suspension of requirement to provide medical evidence after seven days of sickness has now ended

Exception from the requirement to accept a claimant commitment in universal credit and ESA for those with a terminal illness in Northern Ireland

Almost 68,000 households were owed a statutory homelessness duty in England between July and September 2021

Government confirms continued funding for Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland to deliver the universal credit ‘Help to Claim’ service

Commission on Social Security launches plan for a ‘decent social security system’

High Court rules that DWP’s National Disability Strategy is unlawful as consultation process failed to provide for ‘intelligent consideration and response’

Almost 10 per cent of families eligible to claim child benefit opted out of receiving it in 2019/2020

Department of Health in Northern Ireland launches consultation on ‘far-reaching’ plans to change the face of adult social care in the region

Scottish Government will need to deliver action at ‘a much a faster scale and pace’ in order to meet child poverty targets, says Poverty and Inequality Commission

Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Poverty launches call for evidence on impact of poverty-related stigma

Bill to extend terminal illness provisions in social security benefits passes final stage in Northern Ireland Assembly

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration after landlord failed to deal with repairs to leaking roof within a reasonable timeframe leading to condition worsening and further damage

Exception from the requirement to accept a claimant commitment in universal credit and ESA for those with a terminal illness