Jessica Strode reviews the law on the national insurance number (NINo) requirement, before considering official policy on operating the requirement and a possible legal challenge.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to many more people being affected by the benefit cap. Owen Stevens revisits the ‘grace period’ exemption from the universal credit benefit cap.
Rosie Mears considers some common issues that arise with supersessions of universal credit (UC) awards and the importance of properly identifying the ground of supersession and effective date from which an award should be superseded.
New provision has been made for inclusion of a transitional SDP element in the calculation of universal credit (UC) awards. Owen Stevens examines these provisions.
