1 July, 2021
1 July, 2021
Letter to No 10 Downing Street urges clarity in statements about child poverty about what measure is being referred to, 'particularly where other measures present a different trend'
30 June, 2021
Minister tells Assembly that she will introduce legislation to extend six months within current definition of terminal illness to twelve months
29 June, 2021
Moore & Anor v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWCA Civ 970
29 June, 2021
With affected claims accounting for 6 per cent of households on universal credit in February 2021, Work and Pensions Minister says that claimants can apply for a DHP if they need additional support to meet housing costs
28 June, 2021
Responding to recent consultation on its new Disability Assistance, Scottish Government adds that decision-making will be improved due to changes being made to the assessment process
25 June, 2021
25 June, 2021
DWP also confirms that expenditure on budgeting loans fell by £66 million compared to the previous year
25 June, 2021
New statutory instrument
24 June, 2021
Opinion on case referred by Northern Ireland Appeal Tribunal follows December 2020 Court of Appeal ruling that government acted unlawfully in barring EU citizens from relying on ‘pre-settled status’ to access universal credit
24 June, 2021
Charity says immediate priority is for Scottish child payment to be doubled to £20 per week in first year of current Parliament
24 June, 2021
Public Services Ombudsman says issues found do not point to ‘one off’ mistakes but show need for 'fundamental review of how further evidence is obtained, applied, and communicated'
23 June, 2021
However, Minister adds that this will need to happen at 'a later date' to ensure that necessary IT changes do not compromise the safe delivery of universal credit
23 June, 2021
In addition, Scottish Affairs Committee finds that it is 'incredibly complex' to unpick what claimants can access under each of the Scottish and UK social security systems and says communications and take-up must be improved
23 June, 2021
SM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (DLA)
[2021] UKUT 119 (AAC)
CDLA/812/2020
23 June, 2021
CT v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA)
[2021] UKUT 131 (AAC)
CE/1632/2020
23 June, 2021
Bill makes provision to increase amount carers receive in period from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 by £231.40
22 June, 2021
New DWP statistics also show that, of these, more than one in five were newly capped in the last quarter
22 June, 2021
Minister for Disabled People adds that, until then, claimants may record the assessment using their own equipment but are limited to using CD or audio cassette only
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