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20 May, 2020 Open access

Treatment of SEISS and CJRS payments made to self-employed universal credit claimants

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20 May, 2020

DWP universal credit PR campaign ‘did not intentionally mislead the public’, governmental review concludes

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20 May, 2020 Open access

Communities Minister announces changes to universal credit in Northern Ireland in response to coronavirus outbreak

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20 May, 2020

Appeal rights where a universal credit claim has been ‘closed’ for non-attendance at a jobcentre interview / whether appealable decision is subject to requirement for mandatory reconsideration

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20 May, 2020

Suspension of DLA after 28 days in hospital did not violate right to prohibition of discrimination under Article 14 ECHR, in case of an adult patient with severe learning disabilities

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19 May, 2020 Open access

More than four million people are now claiming universal credit, according to new DWP statistics

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19 May, 2020 Open access

Claims to the value of more than £6 billion made to Self-Employment Income Support Scheme in first five days since opening

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19 May, 2020 Open access

More than two million people claimed unemployment benefits in April 2020

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19 May, 2020

Provisions giving Ministers powers to regulate for circumstances in which courts and tribunals can depart from existing EU caselaw come into force

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19 May, 2020

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill receives second reading in House of Commons

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18 May, 2020 Open access

Legal action launched challenging DWP’s continued application of benefit cap and deductions for advances during coronavirus pandemic

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18 May, 2020 Open access

Minister confirms that DWP is arranging for all claimants who are ‘shielding’ and hold Post Office card accounts to receive contact from a visiting officer or their local authority

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Temporary exemption from bankruptcy application fee among measures in Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill unanimously passed by MSPs

MSPs unanimously pass second Coronavirus Bill that includes measures giving Scottish Ministers more time to report on proposed changes to local connection homelessness rules

High Court considers whether claimant caused statutory overcrowding by a ‘deliberate act’ that prevented band 1 priority under Southwark LBC’s housing allocation scheme

MSPs call for reform of the Protected Trust Deed debt solution to make it more effective in supporting people in debt

Treatment of SEISS and CJRS payments made to self-employed universal credit claimants

DWP universal credit PR campaign ‘did not intentionally mislead the public’, governmental review concludes

Communities Minister announces changes to universal credit in Northern Ireland in response to coronavirus outbreak

Appeal rights where a universal credit claim has been ‘closed’ for non-attendance at a jobcentre interview / whether appealable decision is subject to requirement for mandatory reconsideration

Health and Social Care Committee relaunches inquiry on social care funding and workforce shortages

Suspension of DLA after 28 days in hospital did not violate right to prohibition of discrimination under Article 14 ECHR, in case of an adult patient with severe learning disabilities

More than four million people are now claiming universal credit, according to new DWP statistics

Claims to the value of more than £6 billion made to Self-Employment Income Support Scheme in first five days since opening

More than two million people claimed unemployment benefits in April 2020

Provisions giving Ministers powers to regulate for circumstances in which courts and tribunals can depart from existing EU caselaw come into force

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill receives second reading in House of Commons

Legal action launched challenging DWP’s continued application of benefit cap and deductions for advances during coronavirus pandemic

Minister confirms that DWP is arranging for all claimants who are ‘shielding’ and hold Post Office card accounts to receive contact from a visiting officer or their local authority

Court of Appeal considers whether an Employment Tribunal made error of law in refusing disabled claimant’s adjournment request in order to seek further medical evidence

Lowest-paid employees are ‘bearing the brunt’ of coronavirus economic crisis, with almost a third having either been furloughed or lost jobs