News and case law

21 November, 2023

MoJ evaluation finds that enabling access to early legal advice not only helps people solve their problems quickly but can also improve finances and health

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21 November, 2023

Parliamentary Ombudsman provides update on delays to its final report on DWP’s communication of changes to women’s state pension age

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20 November, 2023

DWP faces legal challenge to the freeze of LHA rates that has remained in place since April 2020

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20 November, 2023

DWP confirms it is testing a Health Impact Record as a structured way of gathering evidence of fluctuating conditions prior to WCAs or PIP assessments

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20 November, 2023

DWP says its Service Modernisation Programme will ‘positively transform the customer experience’ through ‘more intuitive’ data-driven systems, automation and self-service’

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20 November, 2023

Amendment of social fund maternity grant provisions in Northern Ireland to reflect changes to the law applying to surrogacy arrangements

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17 November, 2023

HMCTS identifies high proportion of lapsed appeals and overall clearance times as potential barriers to access to justice in social security and child support appeals

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17 November, 2023

DWP outlines its plans for new WorkWell pilots to support those with a disability or health condition start, stay or succeed in work

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17 November, 2023

IIAC issues recommendations for revised prescription for pneumoconiosis

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17 November, 2023

Consequential amendments to UK social security legislation in relation to the introduction of carer support payment in Scotland

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17 November, 2023

Miscellaneous amendments to disability assistance provisions in Scotland

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16 November, 2023

Government announces new ‘Back to Work Plan’ to provide employment-focused support to more than a million people alongside tougher sanctions for people who don’t look for work

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MoJ evaluation finds that enabling access to early legal advice not only helps people solve their problems quickly but can also improve finances and health

Supreme Court rules that group of Deliveroo riders were not in an employment relationship for the purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights

Court of Appeal rules that a council was entitled to find a claimant whose conduct led to eviction from temporary hostel accommodation intentionally homeless, despite it being ‘not reasonable for him to continue to occupy’ in the long term

Parliamentary Ombudsman provides update on delays to its final report on DWP’s communication of changes to women’s state pension age

DWP faces legal challenge to the freeze of LHA rates that has remained in place since April 2020

DWP confirms it is testing a Health Impact Record as a structured way of gathering evidence of fluctuating conditions prior to WCAs or PIP assessments

Levelling Up Secretary warned No.10 in November 2022 that removing licensing requirements from HMO accommodation used to house asylum seekers would risk incentivising lower quality housing

DWP says its Service Modernisation Programme will ‘positively transform the customer experience’ through ‘more intuitive’ data-driven systems, automation and self-service’

Welsh Government introduces Bill to reform the council tax system in Wales

Amendment of social fund maternity grant provisions in Northern Ireland to reflect changes to the law applying to surrogacy arrangements

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

HMCTS identifies high proportion of lapsed appeals and overall clearance times as potential barriers to access to justice in social security and child support appeals

DWP outlines its plans for new WorkWell pilots to support those with a disability or health condition start, stay or succeed in work

DLUHC moves amendments to Renters Reform Bill to overturn Supreme Court’s Rent Repayment Order ruling in Rakusen v Jepson

IIAC issues recommendations for revised prescription for pneumoconiosis

Extending increase in the maximum amount of the ‘right to rent’ civil penalty so that it applies across the UK statute book

Consequential amendments to UK social security legislation in relation to the introduction of carer support payment in Scotland

Miscellaneous amendments to disability assistance provisions in Scotland

Government announces new ‘Back to Work Plan’ to provide employment-focused support to more than a million people alongside tougher sanctions for people who don’t look for work