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20 December, 2019

Northern Ireland Department for Communities forecasts that more than 40,000 claimants will be affected by cessation of welfare reform mitigation measures in 2020/2021

New figures also show that more than three quarters of those affected currently receive mitigation for bedroom tax

19 December, 2019

Government announces plan to introduce a minimum award length for personal independence payment

Prime Minister outlines proposal as part of government's plan to publish a National Strategy for Disabled People

19 December, 2019

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill announced in today’s Queen’s Speech

Bill includes provision to enable changes to current rules on access to benefits and social security coordination for EU nationals

19 December, 2019

HMCTS announces introduction of a ‘Manage Your Appeal’ online service

New service will enable appellants to track where they are within the appeal process and take steps which would normally be dealt with through postal correspondence

19 December, 2019

Scale of the £12 billion welfare cuts that were announced in the 2015 Summer Budget ‘proved greater than was politically deliverable’

OBR estimates that measures saved £4 billion less than expected in 2019/2020 mainly due to the reversal of cuts to tax credits that were due in 2016/2017

19 December, 2019

Scottish Government responds to consultation on the Job Grant

Changes to be made to provide greater flexibility and better enable young people to fund the cost of travelling to their new job

18 December, 2019

DWP publishes 2016 Infrastructure and Projects Authority report on universal credit

Delivery confidence rated as amber on basis that successful delivery appears feasible but 'significant issues' already exist requiring management attention

18 December, 2019

Two people can have an amicable relationship and still be ‘estranged’ for purposes of capital disregard

Bristol City Council v SJP (HB)
[2019] UKUT 360 (AAC)
CH/624/2019

18 December, 2019

Human Rights Commission calls on NI Executive to urgently remedy the ‘unacceptable’ lack of guaranteed, targeted measures to support people in or at risk of poverty

Annual statement on human rights highlights the disproportionate, adverse impact that social security measures introduced since 2010 are having on disadvantaged and marginalised groups in Northern Ireland

18 December, 2019

DWP issues advice to local authorities on the treatment of payments from the National Emergencies Trust

Awards made by the new, national fund for major domestic emergency events should be disregarded as they ‘will not duplicate state activity’

18 December, 2019

Local authorities in England and Wales made more than 100,000 DHP awards in first half of 2019/2020

New spending data also shows the total value of awards exceeded £56 million, just under half the funding allocated for the year

17 December, 2019

DWP announces ‘small-scale pilot’ to test making managed payments to social landlords at same time as tenant receives their universal credit payment

Department aims to roll the approach out to all social housing providers on the landlord portal 'early in 2020'

17 December, 2019

Scottish Government issues first draft of Disability Assistance for Children and Young People Regulations

Key areas of divergence from DLA for children include extension of entitlement to age 18, short-term assistance for reduced awards, and new definition of terminal illness

17 December, 2019

Welsh Government commits to maintaining protection from cuts to council tax reduction that operate in England

Provisional Local Government Settlement also confirms continued funding for new eligibility criteria for free school meals under universal credit in Wales

17 December, 2019

Whether EU law provides for a ‘secondary’ right to reside as primary carer of under school age child where primary carer is not a family member of other parent

AM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another (JSA, IS and HB)
[2019] UKUT 361 (AAC)
Reported as [2020] AACR 17
CJSA/1637/2017, CIS/1888/2017 and CH/1889/2017

13 December, 2019

More than three quarters of PIP and ESA appeals successful

New Ministry of Justice statistics also highlight 61 per cent success rate in universal credit appeals

13 December, 2019

Almost three quarters of new PIP awards are ‘short term’ with a review period of two years or less

New DWP statistics also show that just 7 per cent of new PIP claimants receive an ongoing award without a review date

13 December, 2019

58 per cent of initial ESA work capability assessments result in claimant being placed in support group

New DWP statistics also show that 26 per cent were found fit for work in the quarter to June 2019

13 December, 2019

Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration launches call for evidence on impact of enforcement measures, including benefit refusals due to immigration status

New inspection report will examine whole range of immigration enforcement sanctions and penalties, focusing on how consistently particular measures are applied and their impact