Welfare rights news and case law

13 September, 2017

Psychiatric disorders are the main disabling condition for more than a third of PIP claimants

New DWP statistics show that 'musculoskeletal disease' is the next most common condition

13 September, 2017

55 per cent of households receiving a payment of universal credit are entitled to support for housing costs

New DWP statistics also show that 6 per cent of housing costs payments for private rented sector tenants are paid direct to their landlord

13 September, 2017

Extended vulnerability criteria for immediate access to JSA hardship payments in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

13 September, 2017

Disregard of payments for care and support in Wales in the calculation of social security benefits

New statutory instrument

13 September, 2017

DWP launches consultation on future developments in relation to universal credit statistics

Proposals include expanding the range of regular statistics or incorporating universal credit into existing regular publications

13 September, 2017

Rate relief scheme introduced for universal credit claimants in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule implements a new rate relief scheme to provide support to low income households who receive universal credit

12 September, 2017

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council recommends that terms of prescription for latex anaphylaxis be extended

Council notes that latex allergy is rarely acquired outside workplace and prescription should be extended to all workers with occupational contact

12 September, 2017

IIAC decides not to prescribe renal cancer in workers exposed to trichloroethylene

Council review concludes there is insufficient evidence to recommend prescription under the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Scheme

12 September, 2017

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council recommends that terms of prescription for nasal carcinoma should be extended

Council notes that published evidence points to new occupational causes of nasal carcinoma due to exposure to wood dust

12 September, 2017

Amendments to housing benefit subsidies payable to local authorities

New statutory instrument

12 September, 2017

IIAC decides not to prescribe anxiety and depression in teachers and healthcare workers

Council review concludes there is insufficient evidence to recommend prescription under the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Scheme

11 September, 2017

Universal credit claimants more likely to have debt problems than those on legacy benefits, says Citizens Advice

New report warns that the accelerating roll out of universal credit from October 2017 is 'a disaster waiting to happen' and will push more people further into debt

11 September, 2017

Scottish Government seeks assurance from the DWP that DLA and PIP will not be cut when free personal care is introduced for under 65s

Letter to Secretary for State for Work and Pensions calls for protection of those who are self-funding in residential care

11 September, 2017

Welfare cuts, rent rises and inflation will make 2 million families more than £50 a week worse off by 2020

New research commissioned by the LGA also finds that two thirds of those facing the biggest income losses will be working families

11 September, 2017

High Court rules, in council tax reduction case, that onus of proof remains with claimant if council has made reasonable requests for information

[2017] EWHC 2252 (Admin)

8 September, 2017

Welfare rights

Psychiatric disorders are the main disabling condition for more than a third of PIP claimants

New DWP statistics show that 'musculoskeletal disease' is the next most common condition

55 per cent of households receiving a payment of universal credit are entitled to support for housing costs

Extended vulnerability criteria for immediate access to JSA hardship payments in Northern Ireland

Disregard of payments for care and support in Wales in the calculation of social security benefits

DWP launches consultation on future developments in relation to universal credit statistics

Rate relief scheme introduced for universal credit claimants in Northern Ireland

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council recommends that terms of prescription for latex anaphylaxis be extended

Council notes that latex allergy is rarely acquired outside workplace and prescription should be extended to all workers with occupational contact

IIAC decides not to prescribe renal cancer in workers exposed to trichloroethylene

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council recommends that terms of prescription for nasal carcinoma should be extended

Amendments to housing benefit subsidies payable to local authorities

IIAC decides not to prescribe anxiety and depression in teachers and healthcare workers

Universal credit claimants more likely to have debt problems than those on legacy benefits, says Citizens Advice

Scottish Government seeks assurance from the DWP that DLA and PIP will not be cut when free personal care is introduced for under 65s

Welfare cuts, rent rises and inflation will make 2 million families more than £50 a week worse off by 2020

High Court rules, in council tax reduction case, that onus of proof remains with claimant if council has made reasonable requests for information

Premature destruction of records by the DWP is hindering complaints resolution in a ‘troubling number of cases’

Scottish Government calls for a halt to the roll-out of universal credit to fix its ‘fundamental flaws’

New statutory guidance issued in relation to the Specialist Employability Support programme

'Component parts' being built to provide for continuous online social security tribunal hearings