29 June, 2020 Open access
29 June, 2020
Work, pensions and equality commission to consider whether a modern social security system should continue to be based on a single benefit covering both in-work and out-of-work support
26 June, 2020 Open access
Made under provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020, new Direction reflects changes announced by the Chancellor on 12 May 2020
26 June, 2020 Open access
Minister advises that judges will determine if cases are suitable for video hearings, taking account of issues including the benefit under appeal and any difficulty the claimant has in using the technology
26 June, 2020 Open access
Charity calls for condition to be lifted during coronavirus pandemic to avoid migrants facing 'impossible choices' concerning their health and that of their families
26 June, 2020
KK v Liverpool City Council (HB)
[2020] UKUT 80 (AAC)
CH/1766/2019
25 June, 2020
25 June, 2020 Open access
Even taking into account temporary benefit increases due to COVID-19, out-of-work households are 10 per cent poorer than they would have been without cuts applied since 2011
25 June, 2020
RG v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Enforcement Reference)
[2020] UKUT 79 (AAC)
ENF/1494/2019
25 June, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument includes eligibility conditions for payments from new Fund, including that workers must have lost income as a result of being ill with COVID-19 or while self-isolating
25 June, 2020 Open access
As temporary COVID-19 suspensions come to an end, Ministers had only previously said that new arrangements will be communicated 'as soon as possible'
24 June, 2020
New statutory instruments
24 June, 2020
ONS releases new figures on the effects of taxes and benefits on UK household income for the financial year ending 2019
24 June, 2020
HO'H v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)
[2020] UKUT 135 (AAC)
CPIP/302/2019
24 June, 2020
Scottish Government annual statistics also show that just over half of recipients were on passporting benefits
23 June, 2020 Open access
New advisory guidance says that shielding programme will be 'paused' on 31 July, and that people who are shielding can return to work where business is ‘COVID-safe'
23 June, 2020
Rebuttals to question from Leader of Opposition at Prime Minister's Questions are 'not borne out by the government's own figures'
23 June, 2020 Open access
New DWP statistics also highlight that more than one million advance payments have been awarded on new claims since the start of lockdown
23 June, 2020 Open access
Chair of UK Statistics Authority agrees with Work and Pensions Committee Chair that Home Office reasons for refusing to provide data are 'confusing and unclear'
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