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4 May, 2022

Dentures do not need to assist with both chewing and swallowing in order to count as an aid or appliance for taking nutrition

CB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)
[2022] UKUT 100 (AAC)
UA-2021-002048-PIP

4 May, 2022

Claimant’s move to different property during period of overpayment was not a ‘material fact’ and so landlord’s failure to notify the change did not lead to liability for recovery of the overpayment

NSP v Stoke-on-Trent City Council & GP (HB)
[2022] UKUT 86 (AAC)
CH/1324/2020

3 May, 2022

DWP issues updated guidance to local authorities in England on the Household Support Fund from April to September 2022

Update confirms that councils are expected to spend at least a third of the extension funding on families with children and at least another third on pensioner households

3 May, 2022 Open access

Scottish self-isolation support grant reduced from £500 to £225 from 1 May 2022

Updated Scottish Government guidance confirms that value of grant has been changed to reflect revised public health guidance

3 May, 2022

Social security commitments in the 2022 manifestos of the Northern Ireland political parties

Election round-up

29 April, 2022

Welfare mitigation payments for those in Northern Ireland affected by the bedroom tax put back on a statutory footing with passing of new legislation

Welfare Supplementary Payments (Amendment) Bill receives Royal Assent

29 April, 2022

DWP universal credit advertising campaign that was criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority ‘achieved its objectives’, says Minister

High profile Metro partnership was a key element of the Department’s strategy to tackle negative perceptions and misinformation, and it went to 'great lengths' to ensure factual accuracy

29 April, 2022

Disregarding local welfare provision in the calculation of capital for universal credit purposes

New DWP guidance

29 April, 2022

DWP confirms 2022/2023 funding allocations for local authorities participating in Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative

New HB Circular sets out allocation of almost £11.5 million in funding by local authority

28 April, 2022

Government welcomes Royal Assent for the Judicial Review and Courts Bill

Measures deliver on manifesto commitment to ensure courts are not 'open to abuse and delay' and provide 'much needed flexibility' on the outcome of judicial reviews

28 April, 2022

One in three universal credit claimants had more than one day in the last month where they didn’t eat at all or had only one meal

Warning that it is witnessing an 'accelerating crisis across the UK', Trussell Trust calls on the government to increase benefits by at least 7 per cent

28 April, 2022

Commencement of provisions that enable Scottish Ministers to authorise current and former judges of certain courts and tribunals to assist in the disposal of tribunal business

New statutory instrument

28 April, 2022 Open access

Disregarding local welfare provision as income or capital for the purposes of means-tested benefits in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule ensures that payments made under the Homes for Ukraine scheme will not affect a sponsor's benefit entitlement

27 April, 2022

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber President issues guidance on new system for filing documents electronically

CE-File online system also incorporates a database that enables Tribunal users to access their cases

27 April, 2022

Scottish Government confirms plan to make automatic awards of Best Start Grant early learning and school age payments

Change to be introduced later this year to coincide with extension of Scottish child payment to under-16s

25 April, 2022

DWP to commence ‘multi-site approach’ to mandatory migration to universal credit from next month

Secretary of State confirms process will start with approximately 500 claimants and then be scaled up with a view to completing the process by 2024

25 April, 2022

Temporary pause on energy suppliers being able to make requests for Fuel Direct deductions from benefits

New DWP guidance

22 April, 2022

Temporary pause on energy suppliers being able to make requests for Fuel Direct deductions from benefits

DWP issues universal credit guidance in relation to new rules in force from 26 April 2022

21 April, 2022

DWP’s Way to Work campaign is ‘absolutely not a change in sanctions policy’

Minister tells Lords Committee that claimants are not expected to move into work that 'is not right for them' and that work coaches are specifically trained to direct claimants to 'suitable opportunities'