Welfare rights news

5 December, 2024

Expiry date on physical residence permits should not impact benefit claims while the Home Office transitions to a fully digital eVisa immigration system

DWP responds to concerns raised by the3million that benefit entitlement may be wrongly curtailed because physical residence cards and permits expire on 31 December 2024

5 December, 2024

Decision to ‘scrap’ two-child limit in Scotland presents a ‘fiscal risk’

Scottish Fiscal Commission estimates that policy will cost £150 million in 2026/2027, rising to £200 million in 2029/2030

5 December, 2024

Providing for the sending of claimant notifications electronically in relation to universal credit and maternity allowance following a death

Department for Communities in Northern Ireland issues new electronic communications direction

4 December, 2024

Scottish Government commits to effectively ‘scrapping’ the two-child benefit limit from 2026

Delivering the Scottish Budget 2025/2026, Finance Secretary says policy is a pernicious part of the UK welfare system and has caused misery for children and families in Scotland

4 December, 2024

Scottish Parliament passes the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

Social Justice Secretary says that new legislation will advance equality and non-discrimination and ensure the Scottish social security system is efficient and delivers value for money

4 December, 2024

Work and Pensions Minister announces appointment of new lead Ministers for disability in each government department

Sir Stephen Timms says he looks forward to the new group driving real improvements across government for disabled people

3 December, 2024

Scottish Government has spent more than £1 billion mitigating impacts of UK Government’s welfare reforms since 2010

Responding to written question, Social Justice Secretary says UK Government must do more to ensure UK social security system at least covers essential living costs

3 December, 2024

Northern Ireland Justice Minister announces major programme of access to justice reform

Executive to consult on new programme of work designed to refocus services and put the citizen at the heart of the justice system

29 November, 2024

DWP’s plans for closure of the Move to UC Programme increase the likelihood of vulnerable people’s health deteriorating and them being at risk of harm

NAWRA evidence to Select Committee says that closure of the programme in March 2025 is 'premature' and could result in many failing to migrate to universal credit safely

29 November, 2024

Select Committees call for the Home Office and Department for Health and Social Care to be involved in development of the government’s new Child Poverty Strategy

Joint letter also includes recommendation to consider the effect of social security policies such as the administrative earnings threshold, the two child limit and the benefit cap on child poverty

29 November, 2024

Improvements to funeral support payment in Scotland to reflect changing funeral trends, appeal outcomes and developments since its launch in 2019

New statutory instrument

28 November, 2024

Pension credit claims up by 145 per cent since announcement to restrict winter fuel payments to those on means-tested benefits

However, new DWP statistics also show that more than half the claims have not resulted in an award

28 November, 2024

Scottish Government commits to reinstating universal winter heating payments from next year

Social Justice Secretary also confirms a £41 million package of support for people struggling with energy costs this winter

28 November, 2024

Revaluation of ‘protected payments’ and pension sharing ‘debits and credits’ in the new state pension in Northern Ireland from April 2025

New statutory rules

27 November, 2024

ESA claimants who migrate to universal credit should no longer be asked to supply a fit note or have conditionality applied

Acknowledging the help from stakeholders in alerting DWP to the issue, Universal Credit SRO confirms that an automatic fix to the problem has been applied to claims submitted from 25 November 2024

27 November, 2024

Department for Communities in Northern Ireland publishes universal credit, benefit cap and PIP statistics for period to August 2024

New figures show sharp rise in the number of households affected by the benefit cap, up 65 per cent in one year

26 November, 2024

Government unveils ‘biggest employment reforms in a generation’ to ensure that ‘everyone can benefit from the dignity and purpose that work can bring’

Launching Get Britain Working White Paper, Work and Pensions Secretary says reforms will be underlined by principle that people who can work will be expected to work, with clear consequences if they don’t properly engage

26 November, 2024

Northern Ireland Department for Communities’ handling of its Child Poverty Strategy was a ‘catalogue of failures’

Setting out an extensive list of strategy's shortcomings, Northern Ireland Assembly's Public Accounts Committee says 'children and families were not at its heart'

25 November, 2024

Less than 100 claimants with pre-settled status have been awarded benefit on the grounds of destitution as a result of the DWP applying the Court of Appeal’s decision in AT

Department confirms that successful claimants are a mixture of new claims and some of the more than 3,000 cases that were stayed behind the Court of Appeal judgment

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