News and case law

14 February, 2024

More than 20,000 universal credit claimants with ‘no work-related requirements’ were part of a claim that closed in 2023 because a claimant commitment was not accepted

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14 February, 2024

More than 250,000 households on universal credit whose rent exceeded their LHA were also subject to deductions for advance payments in August 2023

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14 February, 2024

Around a third of adult disability payment and child disability payment claimants asked Social Security Scotland to collect Supporting Information on their behalf

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13 February, 2024

Just a quarter of legacy benefit claimants who were sent a migration notice in the period from July 2022 to December 2023 have made a claim for universal credit

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13 February, 2024

Universal credit sanction rate increases to more than 7 per cent for first time since 2018

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9 February, 2024

Supreme Court refuses DWP permission to appeal against ‘right to live in dignity’ judgment in AT

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9 February, 2024

Government confirms that HMRC has started to write to people underpaid state pension amounting to more than £1 billion as a result of historical errors recording home responsibilities protection

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9 February, 2024

DWP estimates that it will notify more than 400,000 legacy benefit claimants to move to universal credit in 2024/2025

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9 February, 2024

Increases in the transitional severe disability premium element in universal credit for those who were entitled to other disability premiums prior to migrating

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9 February, 2024

MoJ doesn’t know if people eligible for legal aid can access it, and evidence suggests that access is worsening

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9 February, 2024

Parents of disabled children and carers are too often underpaid benefits because of DWP data-sharing failures

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9 February, 2024

DWP confirms that it is increasing the amount of universal credit claims data that is available on its ‘Searchlight’ customer information system

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Amendment of prescribed rate of interest payable on creditors’ claims in bankruptcy in Scotland

More than 20,000 universal credit claimants with ‘no work-related requirements’ were part of a claim that closed in 2023 because a claimant commitment was not accepted

More than 250,000 households on universal credit whose rent exceeded their LHA were also subject to deductions for advance payments in August 2023

Local Government Association calls for Right to Buy tenancy requirement to be extended from three to 15 years

Around a third of adult disability payment and child disability payment claimants asked Social Security Scotland to collect Supporting Information on their behalf

Just a quarter of legacy benefit claimants who were sent a migration notice in the period from July 2022 to December 2023 have made a claim for universal credit

Universal credit sanction rate increases to more than 7 per cent for first time since 2018

Government confirms that it plans to speed up child support enforcement by allowing the CMS to apply for administrative liability orders itself rather than using court-based processes

High Court holds that judicial review was not the appropriate remedy to deal with whether accommodation provided to homeless couple was ‘suitable’

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Supreme Court refuses DWP permission to appeal against ‘right to live in dignity’ judgment in AT

Government confirms that HMRC has started to write to people underpaid state pension amounting to more than £1 billion as a result of historical errors recording home responsibilities protection

DWP estimates that it will notify more than 400,000 legacy benefit claimants to move to universal credit in 2024/2025

Increases in the transitional severe disability premium element in universal credit for those who were entitled to other disability premiums prior to migrating

High Court rules that council acted unlawfully by failing to consider exercising discretion to backdate a housing register application to the date of a previous application

MoJ doesn’t know if people eligible for legal aid can access it, and evidence suggests that access is worsening

Parents of disabled children and carers are too often underpaid benefits because of DWP data-sharing failures

DWP confirms that it is increasing the amount of universal credit claims data that is available on its ‘Searchlight’ customer information system

Scotland’s First Minister appoints Neil Gray as new Health and Social Care Secretary