Welfare rights news and case law

27 October, 2017

New evidence before the Work and Pensions Committee shows that many advance payments of universal credit are being recovered too quickly

Chair of the Committee says evidence is 'most damning' he has ever read on DWP maladministration

27 October, 2017

Application for a First-tier Tribunal decision to be set aside under rule 37 must be in writing / request for statement of reasons cannot be treated as a request to set aside

CE/708/2017

27 October, 2017

Concept of severe impairment of intelligence and social functioning should be considered as a whole taking into account all of the evidence

CDLA/1427/2017

26 October, 2017

HMCTS provides update on plans for online social security appeal hearings

Reforms will allow for much faster decision-making in a system where delays can bring real hardship, says Chief Executive of HM Courts and Tribunals Service

26 October, 2017

Independent review calls for new, flexible model of statutory sick pay

Benefit should enable a phased return to work with wages and statutory sick pay paid on a pro-rata basis

26 October, 2017

Scottish Government awards two-year contract to build the first phase of new social security IT system

£8.3 million contract will support the implementation of the new Best Start Grant and Funeral Expense Assistance

26 October, 2017

Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment

New statutory instrument adds the Work and Health Programme as a prescribed scheme

26 October, 2017

Disregard of payments from schemes helping those affected by Thalidomide or infected blood when calculating means tested benefits in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

26 October, 2017

Bereavement support payment and council tax reduction in Scotland

New statutory instrument amends previous error

26 October, 2017

Miscellaneous amendments to social security legislation in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

26 October, 2017

Work and Pensions Committee publishes 'urgent, unanimous report' calling for six week wait for universal credit to be reduced to one month

Report highlights that 'no one works the first week of a job for free'

25 October, 2017

Prime Minister announces that LHA cap will not be applied in the social rented sector

Full details of the government's model to support and sustain supported housing will be published on 31 October 2017

25 October, 2017

Scottish Government and COSLA write to Secretary of State urging him to rethink policy on applying LHA cap in social rented sector

Letter calls for policy to be abandoned or, if not, that the shared accommodation rate is not applied

24 October, 2017

Applying the LHA cap to social housing will make it unaffordable for those it was intended for, says Community Housing Cymru

New report also highlights that policy has potential to jeopardise future investment in new and existing homes

24 October, 2017

Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services in Wales

New statutory instrument

24 October, 2017

Entitlement to ESA and universal credit when participating in a traineeship or scheme under the Youth Obligation

New DWP guidance

Welfare rights

New evidence before the Work and Pensions Committee shows that many advance payments of universal credit are being recovered too quickly

Chair of the Committee says evidence is 'most damning' he has ever read on DWP maladministration

Application for a First-tier Tribunal decision to be set aside under rule 37 must be in writing / request for statement of reasons cannot be treated as a request to set aside

Concept of severe impairment of intelligence and social functioning should be considered as a whole taking into account all of the evidence

HMCTS provides update on plans for online social security appeal hearings

Independent review calls for new, flexible model of statutory sick pay

Scottish Government awards two-year contract to build the first phase of new social security IT system

Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment

New statutory instrument adds the Work and Health Programme as a prescribed scheme

Disregard of payments from schemes helping those affected by Thalidomide or infected blood when calculating means tested benefits in Northern Ireland

Bereavement support payment and council tax reduction in Scotland

Miscellaneous amendments to social security legislation in Northern Ireland

Work and Pensions Committee publishes 'urgent, unanimous report' calling for six week wait for universal credit to be reduced to one month

Prime Minister announces that LHA cap will not be applied in the social rented sector

Scottish Government and COSLA write to Secretary of State urging him to rethink policy on applying LHA cap in social rented sector

For claimants moving on to universal credit it is the process rather than the principle that is problematic

Miscellaneous amendments to social security legislation

Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions secures emergency debate on universal credit roll-out

Applying the LHA cap to social housing will make it unaffordable for those it was intended for, says Community Housing Cymru

Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services in Wales

Entitlement to ESA and universal credit when participating in a traineeship or scheme under the Youth Obligation