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Caselaw
Right to reside and self -employment Both the LA and a Tribunal had misunderstood the test. If a claimant earned over a certain amount their self-e ...Latest Forum Posts
Andy Thurman - 17/04/2019
Brace yourself - you may have some work to do!
The overpayments will net but they will ...
kstev - 17/04/2019
I read it as a no to the 2 week run on. They can only get that if they have claimed UC and in the ...
Radical CTRS scheme – brilliantly simple or fatally flawed?
rebecca.green - 17/04/2019
Just a very crude example of the simplicity of the scheme suggested (X benefit = Y% award) - ...
Jointly owned previous address / specified accommodation / SDP
andrew_hodkinson - 17/04/2019
Hi Andy, thank you for your response. Re the specified decision, the claimant has a commiss ...
Latest News
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...
31/07/2018
Claimants often own bits and pieces of property.
Sometimes in joint ownership or on divorce or
separ...