Welfare rights news

6 November, 2023

Scottish Government seeks views on proposed new £2,000 social security payment to support young people leaving care

Minister urges people who have experience of care or who provide support to them to respond in order to help develop the payment and 'ensure we get this right'

6 November, 2023

Senedd Committee calls for Welsh Government to ‘follow the evidence’ on tackling child poverty by prioritising policies that make the maximum contribution

New report from Equality and Social Justice Committee also calls for an update on progress with the development of the Welsh benefits system

3 November, 2023

DWP confirms automatic extension for universal credit migration notices with a deadline date falling within the Christmas 2023 period

New edition of Touchbase says that all migration notices that have a deadline date between 11 December 2023 and 5 January 2024 have had the extension applied

3 November, 2023

Chancellor and Work and Pensions Secretary warned that simply ramping up conditionality and sanctions for those receiving incapacity benefits will create more barriers to work, not less

Letter from advice and civic society organisations also warns that any attempt to drive up employment through welfare cuts, forced compliance, or a disproportionate focus on those furthest from the labour market is a ‘dead-end for the taxpayer’

2 November, 2023

Ensuring that residence test for housing benefit entitlement is met for certain persons arriving from Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Lebanon

New DWP guidance

1 November, 2023

Ensuring that residence tests for benefit entitlement are met for certain persons arriving from Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Lebanon

New DWP guidance

1 November, 2023

Citizens Advice expresses serious concern that government’s proposed changes to WCA would do more harm than good

Charity warns that, if implemented, changes risk undermining the longer term aims of the Health and Disability White Paper

1 November, 2023

Scottish Government introduces Bill to improve the experience of people using the services provided by Social Security Scotland

New legislation will introduce a new form of devolved support for care-experienced individuals and new rights in relation to challenging liability for overpayments and late re-determinations of decisions and appeals

1 November, 2023

Scottish Government urged to take opportunity presented by introduction of new pension age disability benefit to reconsider justification for excluding a mobility component

Scrutiny report on draft Disability Assistance for Older People Regulations also recommends that if a mobility component is not possible, other forms of transport assistance should be considered, either from within or outside the Scottish social security system

31 October, 2023

More than 60 per cent of people see fraud and error in the welfare benefits system as a big problem

Ahead of potential legislative measures to help reduce fraud, error and debt, new DWP research seeks to 'explore their acceptability' to help inform future policy development and assess communication approaches

31 October, 2023

Bill to remove the ‘two child limit’ among proposed new legislation that will make no further progress following end of 2022/2023 parliamentary session

Other notable bills that have fallen also include a bill to require the Work and Pensions Secretary to report to Parliament on the likely effects of abolishing the benefit cap, and bills that provide for increased employment protection and leaseholders' rights

31 October, 2023

Scottish Government sets out ‘positive changes’ introduced to Job Start Payment

Brought in alongside a digital marketing campaign to raise awareness of the benefit, Social Security Scotland says changes will make the application process clearer and eligibility easier

30 October, 2023

Introduction of Carer Support Payment in Scotland

New statutory instrument confirms that an 'initial period for applications' will run between 19 November 2023 and 30 September 2024 in Dundee City, Perth and Kinross, and Na h’Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)

30 October, 2023

Exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test in Northern Ireland for people fleeing the conflict following the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023

New statutory instrument also makes provision for disregard of payments from the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation scheme as capital when calculating entitlement to income-related benefits

27 October, 2023

EHRC calls for urgent changes to government’s WCA consultation to ensure that disabled people are able to engage with the process

Equality watchdog highlights concerns about the duration of the consultation and the absence of any analysis in published documents of the potential impact of the proposals

27 October, 2023

Amendment of residence rules for devolved benefits in relation to certain persons arriving in Scotland from Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Lebanon

New statutory instrument

26 October, 2023

Removal of the child benefit ‘living in the UK’ test brought forward as a result of the situation in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon

New statutory instrument

26 October, 2023

Exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test for people fleeing the conflict following the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023

New statutory instrument also makes provision for disregard of payments from the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation scheme as capital when calculating entitlement to income-related benefits

26 October, 2023

DWP announces expansion of Employment and Health Discussions scheme, where health professionals help claimants to identify and overcome barriers to moving towards work

Secretary of State says findings from the expanded scheme ‘will help us build the new disability benefits system once the work capability assessment is removed’

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