News and case law

11 March, 2021

DWP must start ‘engaging with the evidence’ and accept that universal credit is harming the most vulnerable in our society

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11 March, 2021

DWP confirms that £500 one-off payment due to be issued to working tax credit claimants will be disregarded if the recipient subsequently claims universal credit

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11 March, 2021

Fewer than 40,000 ESA work capability assessments were completed in the quarter to September 2020, down from 170,000 a year earlier

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11 March, 2021

Person subject to immigration control cannot claim carer’s allowance as a family member of a British national who has not exercised freedom of movement rights

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11 March, 2021

Whether a busker who solicits donations from passers-by can establish a right to reside as a self-employed ‘qualified person’ under the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006

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11 March, 2021

Uprating of mesothelioma and pneumoconiosis lump sum payments from April 2021

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10 March, 2021 Open access

Uprating of maximum amount of statutory sick pay that can be reclaimed by small and medium-sized employers

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10 March, 2021

Bill containing measures in relation to remote observation of proceedings in courts and tribunals receives first reading in Commons

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10 March, 2021

Revaluation of earnings factors used to calculate additional state pension and guaranteed minimum pensions

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9 March, 2021 Open access

Scottish Government confirms commitment to fund new Pandemic Support Payment for households receiving council tax reduction

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9 March, 2021

DWP confirms that funding for delivery of universal credit Help to Claim service has been extended by further 12 months

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9 March, 2021

Consequential amendments to secondary legislation in relation to the introduction of child disability payment in Scotland

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DWP must start ‘engaging with the evidence’ and accept that universal credit is harming the most vulnerable in our society

DWP confirms that £500 one-off payment due to be issued to working tax credit claimants will be disregarded if the recipient subsequently claims universal credit

Fewer than 40,000 ESA work capability assessments were completed in the quarter to September 2020, down from 170,000 a year earlier

Number of outstanding employment tribunal cases increased by more than a third in last three months of 2020 compared to same period in 2019

Amendments to regulations in Northern Ireland setting out how a week’s pay is to be calculated for purposes of calculating statutory payments for furloughed workers

Person subject to immigration control cannot claim carer’s allowance as a family member of a British national who has not exercised freedom of movement rights

Time limits for providing support plans for unpaid carers of people who are terminally ill in Scotland

Whether a busker who solicits donations from passers-by can establish a right to reside as a self-employed ‘qualified person’ under the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006

Uprating of mesothelioma and pneumoconiosis lump sum payments from April 2021

Insolvency Service launches call for evidence to help inform first review of Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016

Increasing the threshold below which certain care is not to be charged for in Scotland in 2021/2022

Government announces that the eviction ban in England is to be extended until ‘at least’ 31 May 2021

Uprating of maximum amount of statutory sick pay that can be reclaimed by small and medium-sized employers

Bill containing measures in relation to remote observation of proceedings in courts and tribunals receives first reading in Commons

Revaluation of earnings factors used to calculate additional state pension and guaranteed minimum pensions

Housing and Homelessness (Local Accommodation Duty) Bill receives first reading in House of Commons

Scottish Government confirms commitment to fund new Pandemic Support Payment for households receiving council tax reduction

DWP confirms that funding for delivery of universal credit Help to Claim service has been extended by further 12 months

Consequential amendments to secondary legislation in relation to the introduction of child disability payment in Scotland