‘Nearly a third of those who received Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in childhood had claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) rejected when trying to move to the adult benefit, BBC analysis has found.’
BBC News, 12th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Tens of thousands of children in migrant and refugee families in the UK are being denied access to government-funded childcare because of benefit restrictions linked to their parents’ immigration status, a report says.’
The Guardian, 7th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been jailed after pretending another woman was her dead mum to fraudulently claim more than £17,000 in financial support.’
BBC News, 20th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that tens of thousands of benefit claimants can expect to receive significant compensation after several major court battles.’
The Independent, 14th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Unpaid carer Andrea Tucker has won a legal victory against the Department for Work and Pensions, overturning its demand she repay £4,600 for alleged breaches in benefit rules.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two bereaved parents have filed a case at the European court of human rights, claiming that the UK government’s treatment of them is discriminatory.’
The Guardian, 8th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An unpaid carer is to challenge in the courts an “unfair and nonsensical” demand by welfare officials to repay £4,600 in carer’s allowance overpayments, five years after being advised by the same department she was following benefit rules correctly.’
The Guardian, 10th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Department for Work and Pensions has been accused of blocking a whistleblower who repeatedly raised the alarm about carer’s allowance from giving evidence to an independent review of the scandal-hit benefit.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “computer says yes” program that automatically approves landlord requests to deduct hundreds of pounds from tenants’ universal credit benefits without requiring officials to check first with the claimant has been declared unlawful by the courts.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘White mail system handles “highly sensitive personal data” and people not told it is processing their information.’
The Guardian, 27th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) consultation into plans to cut billions in disability benefits has been ruled unlawful by the High Court for being “unfair and misleading”.’
The Independent, 17th January 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Labour’s plan to push through £3bn of cuts to incapacity benefits has received a setback after a judge ruled an official consultation setting out the proposals was misleading and unlawful.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has refused permission to challenge by way of judicial review an age assessment carried out by social workers employed by a Welsh council, which concluded that the claimant was an adult.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, says the Ministry of Justice has left him “to rot” after telling him he is likely to have to wait months before learning if he is even eligible for compensation.’
The Guardian, 14th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Magistrates who made a “clearly irrational” order for a gas engineer to pay £22,000 within 28 days were following a “standard practice” which was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th November 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Two mothers who had children as a result of rape or coercion by former partners have been given permission to take the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to court for being denied exception to the two-child limit on universal credit.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been ordered to pay back thousands of pounds to the Department for Work and Pensions after being incorrectly paid benefits she was told she was entitled to.’
BBC News, 17th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Karen Smith, Sarah Christy and Emily Howe round up the latest cases and court decisions of interest to housing associations and local authorities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A father with a newborn baby and a mother with two children are among the asylum seekers made homeless by the Home Office after it wrongly withdrew their claims, it can be revealed.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
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