News and case law

13 September, 2024

Scottish Government confirms that it will introduce specialist employability support for people with disabilities from summer 2025

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12 September, 2024

DWP issues updated guidance as new Health Assessment Advisory Service contracts go live

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12 September, 2024

Need for a claimant to show only a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom and not to the UK social security system

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12 September, 2024

Revised rules of the Supreme Court laid before Parliament

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12 September, 2024

Debbie Abrahams elected as Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee

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12 September, 2024

Lords vote against motion to annul regulations that restrict eligibility for the winter fuel payment in England and Wales

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12 September, 2024

17 per cent of universal credit WCAs in the quarter to May 2024 were reassessments

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11 September, 2024

Bill to increase the universal credit standard allowance paid to care leavers receives first reading in the Lords

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11 September, 2024

Assistance needed to put on prescribed compression stockings counted for purposes of ‘managing therapy’ activity but not for purposes of ‘dressing and undressing’ activity

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11 September, 2024

Social security coordination between the UK and Ireland, Gibraltar, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU

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11 September, 2024

Regulations made in Northern Ireland mirroring winter fuel payment restrictions in England and Wales

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10 September, 2024

Motion to annul winter fuel payment regulations defeated in the Commons

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10 September, 2024

New wage growth figures could mean an above-inflation increase in the state pension in April 2025

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10 September, 2024

Providing for pension age disability payment to act as a qualifying benefit for certain premiums and entitlements in Scotland

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Scottish Government confirms that it will introduce specialist employability support for people with disabilities from summer 2025

Supreme Court rules that an employer’s right to terminate its employees’ contracts could not be exercised for the purpose of depriving the employees of a previously agreed ‘permanent’ pay enhancement

DWP issues updated guidance as new Health Assessment Advisory Service contracts go live

Need for a claimant to show only a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom and not to the UK social security system

Revised rules of the Supreme Court laid before Parliament

Debbie Abrahams elected as Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee

Lords vote against motion to annul regulations that restrict eligibility for the winter fuel payment in England and Wales

17 per cent of universal credit WCAs in the quarter to May 2024 were reassessments

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee in Scotland issues call for views in relation to its scrutiny of Scottish Housing Regulator

Renters’ Rights Bill receives first reading in the House of Commons

Bill to increase the universal credit standard allowance paid to care leavers receives first reading in the Lords

Assistance needed to put on prescribed compression stockings counted for purposes of ‘managing therapy’ activity but not for purposes of ‘dressing and undressing’ activity

Social security coordination between the UK and Ireland, Gibraltar, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU

Regulations made in Northern Ireland mirroring winter fuel payment restrictions in England and Wales

Motion to annul winter fuel payment regulations defeated in the Commons

New wage growth figures could mean an above-inflation increase in the state pension in April 2025

Government confirms it has begun preparations to repeal Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act

Providing for pension age disability payment to act as a qualifying benefit for certain premiums and entitlements in Scotland

EHRC issues new guidance for employers on supporting disabled workers with hybrid working