News and case law

23 August, 2021

DLA and PIP amendments as a consequence of the introduction of Child Disability Payment in Scotland

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23 August, 2021

Power-sharing agreement between SNP and Scottish Green Party includes commitment to extend financial support to people subject to no recourse to public funds

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20 August, 2021

DWP used discretion to waive recovery in just 10 universal credit official error overpayment cases in 2020/2021

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20 August, 2021

DWP tenders for help in delivery of digital capability to meet the timescales of the ‘Move to UC’ project

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20 August, 2021

Treating Scottish Child Disability Payment as a qualifying benefit for the purposes of means-tested benefits

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20 August, 2021

Commencement of provisions relating to recovery of overpaid benefits in Northern Ireland

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19 August, 2021

DWP confirms that it has added Covid-19 to list of primary disabilities that are recorded following PIP assessment decision

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19 August, 2021

Standard interest rate charged by DWP on support for mortgage interest loans increases to 0.6 per cent

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18 August, 2021

DWP, and then tribunal, mistakenly applied jobseeker’s allowance regulations in deciding that claimant’s entitlement to credits should cease after he failed to attend interview

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18 August, 2021 Open access

Housing and debt advice coalition warns government that the LHA rate freeze and imminent removal of the universal credit Covid-19 ‘uplift’ risk pushing households into poverty, debt and homelessness

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18 August, 2021

Coalition of more than 100 anti-poverty organisations calls on Scotland’s First Minister to double Scottish Child Payment this year

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17 August, 2021 Open access

Universal credit sanction decisions up by more than 100 per cent in April 2021 compared to January 2021

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17 August, 2021

Scottish Government launches consultation on establishing a Minimum Income Guarantee for Scotland

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17 August, 2021

Changes to benefit rules for terminally ill people in Scotland could lead to a 90 per cent increase in successful applications

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17 August, 2021 Open access

Covid-related rules allowing virtual court or tribunal hearings in Scotland should be extended beyond March 2022, Scottish Government proposes

More Welfare rights news

DLA and PIP amendments as a consequence of the introduction of Child Disability Payment in Scotland

Power-sharing agreement between SNP and Scottish Green Party includes commitment to extend financial support to people subject to no recourse to public funds

SNP and Scottish Green Party pledge to introduce rent controls as part of ‘new deal for tenants’ outlined in power-sharing agreement

Employment case law round up

DWP used discretion to waive recovery in just 10 universal credit official error overpayment cases in 2020/2021

DWP tenders for help in delivery of digital capability to meet the timescales of the ‘Move to UC’ project

Treating Scottish Child Disability Payment as a qualifying benefit for the purposes of means-tested benefits

Welsh Government launches consultation on removal of eligible care leavers from joint and several liability for council tax

Commencement of provisions relating to recovery of overpaid benefits in Northern Ireland

DWP confirms that it has added Covid-19 to list of primary disabilities that are recorded following PIP assessment decision

Standard interest rate charged by DWP on support for mortgage interest loans increases to 0.6 per cent

Council agrees to refund top-up fees after Ombudsman investigation finds its approach to care home placements breached Care Act duties

DWP, and then tribunal, mistakenly applied jobseeker’s allowance regulations in deciding that claimant’s entitlement to credits should cease after he failed to attend interview

Housing and debt advice coalition warns government that the LHA rate freeze and imminent removal of the universal credit Covid-19 ‘uplift’ risk pushing households into poverty, debt and homelessness

Coalition of more than 100 anti-poverty organisations calls on Scotland’s First Minister to double Scottish Child Payment this year

Universal credit sanction decisions up by more than 100 per cent in April 2021 compared to January 2021

Scottish Government launches consultation on establishing a Minimum Income Guarantee for Scotland

Changes to benefit rules for terminally ill people in Scotland could lead to a 90 per cent increase in successful applications

Covid-related rules allowing virtual court or tribunal hearings in Scotland should be extended beyond March 2022, Scottish Government proposes