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Caselaw
Should an appeal against an overpayment be struck out as "out of time"? The FTT had done so; the UT noted that "in order for an appeal to be out of ti ...Latest Forum Posts
ESA Revision back to 2012 - arrears/capital paid
mickbullock - 29/05/2020
I would welcome any views on this case please
I have a claim where ESA C was cancelled& ...
esmith66 - 28/05/2020
yes, I would use the net amount to calculate income for a DHP
Self Employed Income Support Scheme -treatment of grant
RobBox - 28/05/2020
Just came across this on another site which covers how UC will treat SEISS and grants and keeping ...
APT - 28/05/2020
It's in CLAWD9/2020.
Payments can continue beyond 4 weeks on an ex ...
Latest News
13/01/2020
I am announcing that from April 2020 Local Housing
Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased in line w...
universal credit amending regs
11/01/2019
Written statement made today in
Parliament
"Universal Credit is a vital reform.
It overhauls a le...
02/10/2018
Letter from Neil Couling to LAs ...
03/08/2018
DWP has set out its vision of how managed
migration will work and it makes for very
interesting read...