News and case law

22 August, 2019

Ombudsman launches council tax reduction good practice guidance for local authorities

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21 August, 2019

DWP’s universal credit website suggests claimants search for work as striptease artists or fortune tellers

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21 August, 2019

Work and Pensions Secretary rules out rise in state pension age to 75

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20 August, 2019

Treatment of payments from a ‘liferent’ trust that also includes power to advance capital

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19 August, 2019

Centre for Social Justice calls for state pension age to be increased to 70 by 2028 and 75 by 2035

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16 August, 2019

DWP issues guidance on universal credit transitional payments for claimants previously entitled to SDP

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14 August, 2019

Effect of CJEU judgment in Lounes - dependent EEA family members of dual nationals can derive right to reside where dual national exercised Treaty rights prior to acquiring citizenship of host state

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13 August, 2019

Work and Pensions Committee asks whether government would change universal credit taper rate or work allowance in the case of recession

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13 August, 2019

Online applications to be introduced for Disability Assistance in Scotland from next year

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13 August, 2019

More than 10 per cent of universal credit new claims did not receive at least some payment on time in April 2019

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13 August, 2019

2.4 per cent of universal credit claimants subject to conditionality had a sanction applied to their benefit during May 2019

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12 August, 2019

DWP says it will not implement High Court ruling relating to assessment of earned income under universal credit while case is ongoing

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Ombudsman launches council tax reduction good practice guidance for local authorities

DWP’s universal credit website suggests claimants search for work as striptease artists or fortune tellers

More than half a million children estimated to be homeless or at risk of homelessness in England

Work and Pensions Secretary rules out rise in state pension age to 75

Government must publish its long-term plans for social care and how it will fund them, says London Councils

MPs call for revaluation of council tax bands to reflect current property values

FCA issues warning about ‘clone firm’ impersonating National Debtline

Treatment of payments from a ‘liferent’ trust that also includes power to advance capital

Centre for Social Justice calls for state pension age to be increased to 70 by 2028 and 75 by 2035

Employment case law round up

DWP issues guidance on universal credit transitional payments for claimants previously entitled to SDP

High Court considers whether leases granted by freehold building owners to themselves were ‘disposals by way of gifts to a member of the landlord's family’

Effect of CJEU judgment in Lounes - dependent EEA family members of dual nationals can derive right to reside where dual national exercised Treaty rights prior to acquiring citizenship of host state

Work and Pensions Committee asks whether government would change universal credit taper rate or work allowance in the case of recession

Online applications to be introduced for Disability Assistance in Scotland from next year

More than 10 per cent of universal credit new claims did not receive at least some payment on time in April 2019

2.4 per cent of universal credit claimants subject to conditionality had a sanction applied to their benefit during May 2019

Almost half of self-employed adults aged 25 and over are earning less than the minimum wage

DWP says it will not implement High Court ruling relating to assessment of earned income under universal credit while case is ongoing