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News and case law

HMRC warns claimants that it is issuing tax credit renewal notices that may show predicted payments for 2025/2026 that are ‘automatically generated and should be disregarded’

Significant proportion of new claims are not being processed within planned timescales for DWP-administered benefits

APPGs calls for NRPF condition to be strictly limited to five years for those on routes to settlement in the UK

Round-up of recent decisions of the Housing Ombudsman

Permitting universal credit or pension credit claims where partner is self-sufficient EEA national relying on UK claimant’s legacy benefits

Less than 65,000 people with disabilities were helped into work by Work and Health Programme in period from April 2018 to November 2023

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

Monthly average shortfall between private rents and local housing allowance in Northern Ireland increases to almost £130 for households claiming universal credit housing element

Reports and briefings

Caught up in the net: How universal credit benefit suspensions are affecting people who come to Citizens Advice for help

Cost cutters: A plan to tackle the poverty premium and make markets work

A step change: Improving delivery of the Disabled Facilities Grant

Discussion

Overpayment of Housing Element

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Change of circs in 1st assessment period

Rightsjobs

Trustee

Welfare Benefits Support Worker

Specialist Lay Members assigned to the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber (Mental Health)

Training and events

Introduction to Debt

Mental Health and Benefits

Introduction to Universal Credit