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The government has said- 'The Department has been automatically applying extension of awards of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and have issued around 756,000 notifications to date.

As explained in our November 2020 newsletter, a Court of Appeal judgement has been implemented by a new law.

From 27/1/2021, regulations(regulation 7) come into force to remove the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) Gateway. From this date, no new Housing Benefit, Income Support, ESA(IR) or JSA(IB) claims may be taken for claimants in receipt of SDP.

Interesting data for 2020 has been published by The UK-wide Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN).

The DWP has said-

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The government has issued some very detailed guidance about the status of EU citizens and Benefits post Brexit.

The government have released information on job centre services from 3/12/2020 onwards-

'Local Restriction Tier 3 (Very High):(only)

All face-to-face assessments will be suspended, except for vulnerable customers

The government have said that from April 2021-

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The government say-

'Attendance Allowance (AA) review processes are reverting to previous arrangements, after changes were made in response to COVID-19.

The government say-'There are currently no plans to change the benefit cap grace period.'

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme- extension-Furlough(employed)- extended until 31/3/2021(replacing the planned Job Support Scheme). For claim periods running to January 2021, employees will receive 80% of their usual salary for ho

Clients getting paid monthly sometimes get paid twice in one assessment period due to their employer paying slightly early due to non 'banking day'.