News and case law

15 December, 2021

Government launches second review of state pension age

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14 December, 2021

DWP to resume its ‘move to universal credit’ managed migration plan in 2022

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14 December, 2021

Government launches consultation on proposals to revise the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill of Rights

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14 December, 2021

DWP to write to PIP claimants who have an award decided at tribunal which may be affected by Upper Tribunal decisions relating to ‘psychological distress’ and carrying out activities ‘safely’

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14 December, 2021

Tax credit entitlement is not terminated where a universal credit claim is withdrawn before the DWP issues a ‘stop notice’

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14 December, 2021

Bill to extend bedroom tax mitigation scheme to 31 March 2025 receives first reading in Northern Ireland Assembly

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14 December, 2021

More new PIP claims were registered in the three months to October 2021 than at any other point since the benefit was introduced in April 2013

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14 December, 2021 Open access

Number of universal credit households subject to the benefit cap remains more than twice its pre-Covid-19 level

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13 December, 2021

DWP announces additional funding of more than £500 million to improve the department’s capability and capacity to detect and deter benefit fraud

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13 December, 2021 Open access

Video hearings should take precedence over audio hearings ‘wherever possible’ when a remote hearing is deemed suitable

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13 December, 2021

Time period for re-determination of certain devolved Scottish social security assistance decisions after claimant’s request is found to be valid by a First-tier Tribunal

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Government announces £1.4 billion funding from Health and Social Care Levy to support local authorities move towards paying care providers a ‘fair cost of care’

Almost 11 million people were furloughed over the lifetime of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Government launches consultation on provisional local government finance settlement for England in 2022/2023 that includes funding to ‘support the most vulnerable through social care’

Government launches consultation on workforce reporting on disability

Government launches second review of state pension age

High Court rules that local authority was wrong to decide that it could not, as a matter of law, continue to provide funding for holidays and recreational activities to two disabled adults

Introduction of neutral citation numbers for Employment Appeal Tribunal judgments from 1 January 2022

DWP to resume its ‘move to universal credit’ managed migration plan in 2022

Government launches consultation on proposals to revise the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill of Rights

DWP to write to PIP claimants who have an award decided at tribunal which may be affected by Upper Tribunal decisions relating to ‘psychological distress’ and carrying out activities ‘safely’

Tax credit entitlement is not terminated where a universal credit claim is withdrawn before the DWP issues a ‘stop notice’

Bill to extend bedroom tax mitigation scheme to 31 March 2025 receives first reading in Northern Ireland Assembly

More new PIP claims were registered in the three months to October 2021 than at any other point since the benefit was introduced in April 2013

Number of universal credit households subject to the benefit cap remains more than twice its pre-Covid-19 level

Employment Tribunal Presidents issue joint Practice Direction on use of electronic signatures by judges and authorised legal officers on tribunal decisions and written records

DWP announces additional funding of more than £500 million to improve the department’s capability and capacity to detect and deter benefit fraud

Court of Appeal rules that determinations on service charges by the First-tier Tribunal are declaratory and therefore not open to enforcement

Video hearings should take precedence over audio hearings ‘wherever possible’ when a remote hearing is deemed suitable

Time period for re-determination of certain devolved Scottish social security assistance decisions after claimant’s request is found to be valid by a First-tier Tribunal