News and case law

12 April, 2021

Homeless Link highlights that a ‘collective voice’ is building to promote welfare benefit changes to support homeless people

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9 April, 2021 Open access

Government issues Treasury Direction setting out legal framework for the £500 one-off Covid-19 support payment for working tax credit claimants

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9 April, 2021

Termination of joint tax credits award when spouse died did not constitute unlawful discrimination against widower who was not eligible for universal credit due to capital

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9 April, 2021

Treatment of late paid earnings in calculation of universal credit when real time information reported on time / return of deposit paid by employee on uniform is not earnings

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9 April, 2021 Open access

Legal Services Consumer Panel warns that advice deserts are likely to become more common as a result of Covid-19

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8 April, 2021

Whether new evidence about the distance a claimant covered when walking is admissible in an Upper Tribunal appeal in circumstances where a First-tier Tribunal incorrectly assessed that distance

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8 April, 2021

Recruitment of extra Youth Employability Coaches will ‘help thousands of young people benefit from six-month intensive employment support’, says DWP

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8 April, 2021 Open access

Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted ‘flawed rationale’ behind two-child limit

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7 April, 2021

Use of template pre-action protocol letters ‘invites an abuse’ of judicial review process

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7 April, 2021

DWP launches recruitment drive to place more than 300 extra Disability Employment Advisers in jobcentres by May 2021

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7 April, 2021 Open access

HMRC provides further information in relation to £500 one-off payment to working households in receipt of tax credits

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6 April, 2021 Open access

PCS expresses ‘serious concern’ at DWP’s decision to increase face-to-face activity in jobcentres from 12 April 2021

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6 April, 2021 Open access

Almost £25 million included in Northern Ireland Executive’s 2021/2022 Budget to support ‘Benefit Delivery Response’ to Covid-19

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Homeless Link highlights that a ‘collective voice’ is building to promote welfare benefit changes to support homeless people

Employment case law round up

Government issues Treasury Direction setting out legal framework for the £500 one-off Covid-19 support payment for working tax credit claimants

Government issues new Treasury Direction in relation to the fourth payment under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme

Termination of joint tax credits award when spouse died did not constitute unlawful discrimination against widower who was not eligible for universal credit due to capital

Treatment of late paid earnings in calculation of universal credit when real time information reported on time / return of deposit paid by employee on uniform is not earnings

Legal Services Consumer Panel warns that advice deserts are likely to become more common as a result of Covid-19

Whether new evidence about the distance a claimant covered when walking is admissible in an Upper Tribunal appeal in circumstances where a First-tier Tribunal incorrectly assessed that distance

Recruitment of extra Youth Employability Coaches will ‘help thousands of young people benefit from six-month intensive employment support’, says DWP

£3 million funding confirmed for 2021/2022 Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund

MHCLG issues guidance on new Housing Possession Mediation Service for landlords and renters undergoing possession proceedings

Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted ‘flawed rationale’ behind two-child limit

Use of template pre-action protocol letters ‘invites an abuse’ of judicial review process

DWP launches recruitment drive to place more than 300 extra Disability Employment Advisers in jobcentres by May 2021

Bill to introduce minimum twelve-month contracts for renters in Wales receives Royal Assent

Updated National Model for Shared Ownership includes 990-year leases for shared owners in England

HMRC provides further information in relation to £500 one-off payment to working households in receipt of tax credits

PCS expresses ‘serious concern’ at DWP’s decision to increase face-to-face activity in jobcentres from 12 April 2021

Almost £25 million included in Northern Ireland Executive’s 2021/2022 Budget to support ‘Benefit Delivery Response’ to Covid-19