News and case law

6 November, 2019

Scottish Social Security Committee calls for review of Scottish Welfare Fund funding provision

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5 November, 2019

Government rejects Work and Pensions Committee’s key recommendations to strengthen welfare safety net

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5 November, 2019

Review of housing benefit claimants’ self-employed earnings leads to annual saving of £63 million

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5 November, 2019

Select Committee expresses ‘disappointment’ at government’s failure to adequately respond to its report on carer’s allowance overpayments

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5 November, 2019

Failure to consider impact of court reforms on vulnerable users risks undermining public confidence in justice system, say MPs

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5 November, 2019

Social Security Advisory Committee consults on whether Motability scheme is best way to support mobility needs of disabled people

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5 November, 2019

Government announces increase in the maximum amount for additional expenses within the funeral expenses payment from Spring 2020

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5 November, 2019

Contradiction between tribunal’s decision notice and statement of reasons and whether set aside complied with Procedure Rules

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5 November, 2019

Average weekly income of people using food banks is only £50 after paying rent

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5 November, 2019

69 per cent of single parent households subject to the benefit cap in Northern Ireland have at least one child under the age of five

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4 November, 2019

Government’s justification for two-child limit ‘does not stand up to scrutiny’ and policy should be reversed

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4 November, 2019

Social Security benefit and pension up-rating for 2020/2021 confirmed

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4 November, 2019

Tax credits, child benefit and guardian’s allowance up-rating 2020/2021

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4 November, 2019

President of Appeal Tribunals urges Department for Communities to consider seeking GP reports at early stages of all disability benefit appeals

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Scottish Social Security Committee calls for review of Scottish Welfare Fund funding provision

Scottish Government consults on changes introduced by Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014

Government rejects Work and Pensions Committee’s key recommendations to strengthen welfare safety net

Review of housing benefit claimants’ self-employed earnings leads to annual saving of £63 million

Select Committee expresses ‘disappointment’ at government’s failure to adequately respond to its report on carer’s allowance overpayments

Failure to consider impact of court reforms on vulnerable users risks undermining public confidence in justice system, say MPs

Social Security Advisory Committee consults on whether Motability scheme is best way to support mobility needs of disabled people

Government announces increase in the maximum amount for additional expenses within the funeral expenses payment from Spring 2020

Contradiction between tribunal’s decision notice and statement of reasons and whether set aside complied with Procedure Rules

Average weekly income of people using food banks is only £50 after paying rent

69 per cent of single parent households subject to the benefit cap in Northern Ireland have at least one child under the age of five

Government’s justification for two-child limit ‘does not stand up to scrutiny’ and policy should be reversed

Social Security benefit and pension up-rating for 2020/2021 confirmed

Tax credits, child benefit and guardian’s allowance up-rating 2020/2021

President of Appeal Tribunals urges Department for Communities to consider seeking GP reports at early stages of all disability benefit appeals

More ambitious National Living Wage increases recommended in independent report for government

MHCLG launches £3.8 million Innovation and Enforcement Grant Fund to support action against criminal landlords

Court of Appeal rules that ‘one succession’ rule for secure tenancies is not discriminatory

MHCLG launches £15 million fund to provide support for victims of domestic abuse in safe accommodation