News and case law

21 September, 2021

Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill receives second and third reading in House of Commons

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21 September, 2021 Open access

Removal of universal credit ‘uplift’ will leave vulnerable young people at risk of repeat homelessness

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20 September, 2021

Work and Pensions Secretary confirms that administrative exercise has begun to identify claimants affected by Supreme Court’s 2019 judgment relating to PIP Activity 9

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20 September, 2021 Open access

Proposed amendment to Up-rating Bill seeking to maintain the universal credit uplift not selected by Commons Speaker

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20 September, 2021

Supporting free legal advice would save the Treasury more than £4bn next year

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20 September, 2021

High Court rejects application for second inquest into death of Jodey Whiting

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20 September, 2021

DWP confirms it has reduced DHP allocations for local authorities in England and Wales that underspent by more than 15 per cent in previous year

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20 September, 2021

Scottish Government launches consultation on the transfer of functions of the Council Tax Reduction Review Panel and Valuation Appeal Committee to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland

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17 September, 2021

Changes to the ministerial team at the DWP following Cabinet reshuffle

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17 September, 2021

Housing benefit claimants eligible for sanctuary scheme bedroom tax exemption to be required to self-identify and provide evidence from ‘official source’

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17 September, 2021

Scottish Commission on Social Security recommends further improvements to child disability payment regulations

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17 September, 2021

Scottish Parliament consents to UK Parliament legislating on its behalf to determine uprating of industrial death benefit in 2022/2023

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16 September, 2021

Without a detailed impact assessment showing otherwise, it is ‘prima facie doubtful’ that removal of £20 uplift conforms to international human rights law

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16 September, 2021

Low income families in Scotland to receive two additional bridging payments per eligible child before Christmas

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Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill receives second and third reading in House of Commons

Northern Ireland Court of Appeal rules that Industrial Tribunal should have allowed litigant in person to amend his claim to include victimisation he was subjected to after his original claim was lodged

Removal of universal credit ‘uplift’ will leave vulnerable young people at risk of repeat homelessness

Court of Appeal considers whether Department of Justice in Northern Ireland had a genuine material factor defence to an Equal Pay claim

Work and Pensions Secretary confirms that administrative exercise has begun to identify claimants affected by Supreme Court’s 2019 judgment relating to PIP Activity 9

Proposed amendment to Up-rating Bill seeking to maintain the universal credit uplift not selected by Commons Speaker

Supporting free legal advice would save the Treasury more than £4bn next year

High Court rejects application for second inquest into death of Jodey Whiting

DWP confirms it has reduced DHP allocations for local authorities in England and Wales that underspent by more than 15 per cent in previous year

Scottish Government launches consultation on the transfer of functions of the Council Tax Reduction Review Panel and Valuation Appeal Committee to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland

Employment case law round up

Changes to the ministerial team at the DWP following Cabinet reshuffle

Housing benefit claimants eligible for sanctuary scheme bedroom tax exemption to be required to self-identify and provide evidence from ‘official source’

Despite the gradual reopening of the economy through 2021, StepChange polling finds that private rent debt has not reduced from the £360 million owed in November 2020

Scottish Commission on Social Security recommends further improvements to child disability payment regulations

Commencement of Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 provisions in relation to abuses of zero-hours contracts and the payment of deposits by parties to employment tribunal proceedings

Scottish Parliament consents to UK Parliament legislating on its behalf to determine uprating of industrial death benefit in 2022/2023

Without a detailed impact assessment showing otherwise, it is ‘prima facie doubtful’ that removal of £20 uplift conforms to international human rights law

Low income families in Scotland to receive two additional bridging payments per eligible child before Christmas