News and case law

23 October, 2019

DWP investigations completed so far have uncovered almost £2 million in fraudulently claimed universal credit advances

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23 October, 2019

Disapplication of the Housing Benefit Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation Scheme in England from April 2020

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23 October, 2019

Dupuytren’s contracture added to list of prescribed diseases for which industrial injuries disablement benefit is payable in Northern Ireland

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22 October, 2019

Government must urgently put right the ‘terrible injustice’ of not paying bereavement benefits to cohabitees

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22 October, 2019

Two-thirds of 16 to 24 year old single parents face income reductions as a result of the switch to universal credit

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22 October, 2019

Government needs a clear strategy to support separated parents, including the parent without main caring responsibility, says SSAC

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22 October, 2019

Average waiting time for calls to ESA helpline was almost 25 minutes in September 2019

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21 October, 2019

Call for evidence on draft Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 (Remedial) Order 2019

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21 October, 2019

DWP pilots new Facebook page ‘to share information and signpost people’

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18 October, 2019

DWP is being ‘very cautious’ in its universal credit managed migration pilot and Secretary of State would like to see it speeded up

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18 October, 2019

Suspected cases of fraudulently obtained universal credit advances ‘increasing week by week’ and currently number around 85,000

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18 October, 2019

World is stumbling ‘zombie-like’ into a digital welfare dystopia, warns UN human rights expert

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DWP investigations completed so far have uncovered almost £2 million in fraudulently claimed universal credit advances

Disapplication of the Housing Benefit Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation Scheme in England from April 2020

Court of Appeal considers whether a person at risk of self-harming and suicide has priority need for homelessness accommodation on basis that they are vulnerable

Dupuytren’s contracture added to list of prescribed diseases for which industrial injuries disablement benefit is payable in Northern Ireland

Amendments to tenancy deposit provisions in Scotland

Government must urgently put right the ‘terrible injustice’ of not paying bereavement benefits to cohabitees

Two-thirds of 16 to 24 year old single parents face income reductions as a result of the switch to universal credit

Government needs a clear strategy to support separated parents, including the parent without main caring responsibility, says SSAC

Average waiting time for calls to ESA helpline was almost 25 minutes in September 2019

High Court rules that local authority’s refusal to provide failed asylum seeker with social care did not breach human rights

Requests for adult social care have increased 3.8 per cent over the last year

Call for evidence on draft Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 (Remedial) Order 2019

DWP pilots new Facebook page ‘to share information and signpost people’

Duty of landlords to ensure electrical safety standards are met during tenancies

Employment case law round up

DWP is being ‘very cautious’ in its universal credit managed migration pilot and Secretary of State would like to see it speeded up

Suspected cases of fraudulently obtained universal credit advances ‘increasing week by week’ and currently number around 85,000

World is stumbling ‘zombie-like’ into a digital welfare dystopia, warns UN human rights expert

Court of Appeal considers whether dismissal due to refusal to sign copyright agreement amounted to discrimination on grounds of belief