Welfare rights news

6 April, 2023

Research commissioned by MoJ finds that, while ‘blended advice’ has potential to improve access to justice, face-to-face interactions will always be needed by some clients

Study of legal advice models combining face-to-face with remote communications warns that requiring the use of remote platforms risks excluding vulnerable client groups

6 April, 2023

Funding announcements should be clear as to whether they relate to new money or the reallocation of existing resources, Statistics regulator says

Director General calls on the Scottish Government to clarify how policies were chosen to be included in the £3 billion it said was allocated for cost of living support in 2022/2023

6 April, 2023

Cost of living crisis has compounded impact of two-child limit, with more than 80 per cent of affected families struggling to pay for food and fuel

Calling for policy to be abolished, CPAG says this would lift 250,000 children out of poverty and a further 850,000 would be in less deep poverty

5 April, 2023

Social Security Scotland confirms eligibility dates for carer’s allowance supplement in 2023

Six-monthly payments of £270.50 to be made to eligible carers who are receiving carer’s allowance on 10 April and 9 October 2023

4 April, 2023

Government confirms that claimants in receipt of tax credits only will receive cost of living payment between 2 and 9 May 2023

Payment of £301 will be issued by HMRC to those entitled to a payment of tax credits in the period 26 January to 25 February 2023

4 April, 2023

Changes to the eligibility conditions for support for mortgage interest loans

New DWP guidance

4 April, 2023

DWP issues guidance for local authorities participating in the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative in 2023/2024

New housing benefit circular advises on fraud and error activities that local authorities are expected to undertake in return for additional funding

4 April, 2023

Department for Communities sets out further information on its plans for ‘Move to universal credit’ discovery phase in Northern Ireland

DfC confirms that around 500 tax credit claimants in Andersonstown and Enniskillen will be sent migration notices commencing mid-April 2023

3 April, 2023

Inquiry launched into effectiveness of the government’s cost of living support payments, and what can be done to improve the system’s fairness

Work and Pensions Committee raises concern that people may be falling through the gaps in the system and missing out on critical help

3 April, 2023

Changes to the definition of terminally ill for the purposes of PIP, DLA and AA in Great Britain

New DWP guidance

3 April, 2023

Commencement of Scotland’s devolved maternity, funeral and heating expenses payments provisions

New statutory instrument amends date that provisions come into force to 1 April 2024

31 March, 2023

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry to examine whether working-age benefit levels are adequate to meet need

Committee Chair says that inquiry will look at the fundamental principles governing the benefits system to find out if they are working as they should be

31 March, 2023

Government reforms have left legal aid ‘in tatters’, with advice deserts expanding across England and Wales

New Law Society analysis highlights that there has been a 21 per cent fall in the number of welfare benefit providers in the last year, and that more than 25m people don't have access to a local provider in housing

31 March, 2023

Information Commissioner issues DWP with practice recommendation in light of ‘consistently poor’ level of performance in handling FOI requests

Department given until 23 June 2023 to respond to concerns including that it is increasingly withholding information that would previously have been disclosed

31 March, 2023

Work and Pensions Committee welcomes ‘important victories’ in securing improvements to universal credit childcare support

Changes to maximum rates and the provision of upfront payments will liberate parents to take up work, says Committee Chair

30 March, 2023

Government confirms that state pension age will rise to 67 by the end of 2028 as planned, but decision on increasing it to 68 postponed until the next Parliament

Review's 'responsible and reasonable' approach underlines government's commitment to 'providing dignity and security in retirement', says Work and Pensions Secretary

30 March, 2023

Introduction of new definition of terminal illness for PIP, DLA and attendance allowance in Great Britain from 3 April 2023

New statutory instrument commences provisions in the Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Act 2022 that extend the life expectancy timeframe from six to 12 months

30 March, 2023

Uprating of mesothelioma and pneumoconiosis lump sum payments from April 2023

New statutory instruments

30 March, 2023

Disregarding retrospective payments of bereavement benefits made to surviving cohabiting partners for purposes of council tax reduction in Scotland

New statutory instrument make changes in consequence of the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023

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