21 January, 2020
21 January, 2020
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v WT and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
[2019] UKUT 372 (AAC)
CH/784/2017
20 January, 2020
Minister says the 3 per cent LHA funding uplift in high rent increase areas during the benefit freeze period is no longer required
20 January, 2020
Decision makers instructed to take all references to civil partners or civil partnerships in DWP guidance to include opposite sex couples
20 January, 2020
Minister confirms that average time from receipt to start of investigation is more than 13 months, while it takes another five to six months on average to complete an investigation
20 January, 2020
NN v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (TC)
[2019] UKUT 386 (AAC)
CTC/1937/2018.
17 January, 2020
17 January, 2020
Permanent review follows 2018/2019 project which led to annual saving of £63 million
16 January, 2020
New DWP statistics also confirm that all 600,000 cases needing to be checked for underpayments have started the reassessment journey and 97 per cent have completed it
16 January, 2020
However, all awards will run from a single eligibility date
16 January, 2020
New statutory rule provides for LHA rates to be increased by 1.7 per cent in line with CPI inflation
15 January, 2020
Allowing lower courts to reinterpret EU case law 'risks causing significant legal uncertainty', says House of Lords Constitution Committee
15 January, 2020
New Council Tax Information Letter clarifies that changes made by new regulations are intended to bring schemes into line with the housing benefit regime
14 January, 2020
Minister also confirms that her Department is 'working at a pace' to ensure that welfare mitigations are extended from 31 March 2020
14 January, 2020
New legislation provides for LHA rates to be increased by 1.7 per cent in line with CPI inflation
13 January, 2020
DWP Minister says jobcentre staff will join outreach teams on the streets and visit charity-run day centres, providing support to rough sleepers with benefit claims and finding work
13 January, 2020
Ending the benefit freeze will ensure the government is 'continuing to support the most vulnerable in society', says Minister
13 January, 2020
New statutory instrument
10 January, 2020
Urgent Bulletin advises housing benefit staff to award arrears payable when appeals have been decided, without offsetting any DHP award that covers the same period
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