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1 April, 2020 Open access

Scottish Government increases council tax reduction earnings disregard to take account of temporary increase in working tax credit basic element

New statutory instrument increases weekly disregard to £37.10 for the 2020/2021 tax year

31 March, 2020 Open access

Voucher scheme launched for children unable to access free school meals in England due to the COVID-19 outbreak

Where it's not possible to provide meals for collection or delivery, schools can now issue a weekly shopping voucher worth £15 for each eligible child

31 March, 2020 Open access

Emergency support package needed to support ‘children of the pandemic’, says IPPR

New briefing calls for range of urgent measures including £10 a week increase in child element of universal credit and working tax credit and removal of two-child limit and benefit cap

31 March, 2020

Scottish Government publishes summary of social security statistics in Scotland as at March 2020

New slidepack focuses on figures relating to devolved and newly introduced benefits, and figures on overall expenditure in 2018/2019

30 March, 2020 Open access

‘Move to universal credit’ pilot in Harrogate temporarily suspended due to coronavirus outbreak

DWP says that it will not engage with any new claimants, and any migration notices issued to claimants who have not yet moved to universal credit have been withdrawn

30 March, 2020 Open access

Restriction of Scottish Welfare Fund crisis grants to three per person per year waived during COVID-19 outbreak

Scottish Government considers the current circumstances to be 'exceptional' so that the waiver can be applied

30 March, 2020 Open access

Disability Benefits Consortium calls on government to introduce further measures to protect disabled people’s incomes during outbreak of coronavirus

Charities' recommendations include that DWP legacy benefits should be uplifted in line with increases in universal credit, and that the limited capability for work element be restored

30 March, 2020 Open access

Limiting of operations within the Upper Tribunal in Scotland and Northern Ireland during the coronavirus pandemic

President of the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber issues new guidance

30 March, 2020

Amendments to secondary legislation in consequence of introduction of statutory parental bereavement leave and pay

New statutory instrument

28 March, 2020 Open access

Miscellaneous changes to social security in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak

New regulations in force from 30 March 2020

28 March, 2020 Open access

Changes to statutory sick pay in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

New regulations in force from 28 March 2020

27 March, 2020 Open access

Government issues further guidance in relation to the new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

New guidance covers which employers are eligible, and how much they can claim to cover wages for employees on temporary leave due to COVID-19

27 March, 2020 Open access

HMCTS Chief Executive announces changes to operation of courts and tribunals buildings during coronavirus outbreak

Letter to stakeholders confirms that, from Monday, in-person hearings will be held in 157 buildings, 124 buildings will support video and telephone hearings, and remaining 89 courts and tribunals will be suspended

27 March, 2020 Open access

Increase of basic allowance of working tax credit for 2020/2021 in response to coronavirus

Coronavirus Act 2020 increases allowance from £1,995 to £3,040

27 March, 2020

Uprating of, and miscellaneous amendments to, funeral expense assistance and young carers grants in Scotland

New statutory instrument

27 March, 2020

Amendments to procedure and allocation of functions for First-tier Tribunal in Scotland

New statutory instrument

27 March, 2020

Urgent action needed to prevent rising child poverty leading to a longer-term public health disaster, says CPAG

Annual poverty statistics always make grim reading but this year, on the tenth anniversary of the now abolished Child Poverty Act passing into law, it is grimmer still

27 March, 2020

Continuation of ESA and housing benefit transitional addition in Northern Ireland beyond 4 April 2020

New statutory rule issued in relation to claimants receiving additional ESA following conversion from previous incapacity benefits

27 March, 2020

Local authorities to receive more than £1 million in additional funding for costs of administering SDP Gateway in 2019/2020

New HB Circular also provides breakdown of funding by local authority