News and case law

14 March, 2019

Rent payable in advance of start of tenancy can be immediate arrears for purpose of making direct payments to the landlord / direct payments can continue after arrears reduce below eight weeks

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14 March, 2019

Duty to explicitly justify decision to proceed with oral hearing if claimant is unable to participate fully

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14 March, 2019

Earnings factors for the calculation of an additional state pension in Northern Ireland

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13 March, 2019

Full roll-out of personal independence payment not now expected to complete until February 2021

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13 March, 2019

Failure of UK authorities to provide an EU jobseeker access to housing benefit not in breach of ECHR

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13 March, 2019

CPAG expresses dismay that Spring Statement has not brought an end to freeze on working age benefits

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13 March, 2019

More than 23,000 ESA claimants exempt from reassessments under the severe conditions criteria, according to latest government figures

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13 March, 2019

Requirement for DWP to give adequate notice of work-related requirements and consequences of non-compliance

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13 March, 2019

Average backpayment in respect of deceased disabled people who did not receive full ESA on conversion from incapacity benefit is £5,000

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12 March, 2019

No one will have their benefits stopped during managed migration pilot confirms Secretary of State

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12 March, 2019

Benefit cap should not apply to the 82 per cent of affected claimants who are not required to actively seek work, MPs recommend

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12 March, 2019

Work and Pensions Committee 'keen to pursue further' its recommendation to remove six month time limit for terminal illness

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12 March, 2019

Housing benefit subsidy limits for English and Welsh local authorities 2019/2020

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Rent payable in advance of start of tenancy can be immediate arrears for purpose of making direct payments to the landlord / direct payments can continue after arrears reduce below eight weeks

Duty to explicitly justify decision to proceed with oral hearing if claimant is unable to participate fully

Earnings factors for the calculation of an additional state pension in Northern Ireland

Full roll-out of personal independence payment not now expected to complete until February 2021

Failure of UK authorities to provide an EU jobseeker access to housing benefit not in breach of ECHR

CPAG expresses dismay that Spring Statement has not brought an end to freeze on working age benefits

Government asks Low Pay Commission to make recommendations on increases to NLW and NMW

More than 23,000 ESA claimants exempt from reassessments under the severe conditions criteria, according to latest government figures

Requirement for DWP to give adequate notice of work-related requirements and consequences of non-compliance

Failure to ban cladding used at Grenfell Tower breached human rights law, says EHRC

Average backpayment in respect of deceased disabled people who did not receive full ESA on conversion from incapacity benefit is £5,000

Employment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

New minimum agricultural pay rates in Northern Ireland

No one will have their benefits stopped during managed migration pilot confirms Secretary of State

Benefit cap should not apply to the 82 per cent of affected claimants who are not required to actively seek work, MPs recommend

Work and Pensions Committee 'keen to pursue further' its recommendation to remove six month time limit for terminal illness

Almost a third of homeless deaths in the UK are as a result of treatable conditions

Government guidance on requirement for property agents to belong to client money protection schemes

Housing benefit subsidy limits for English and Welsh local authorities 2019/2020