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Budget Cuts & Welfare Reform

UK Supreme Court rules ‘benefits cap’ lawful

2015

R (on the application of SG and others (previously JS and others)) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2015) UKSC 16

The UK Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal on the ‘benefits cap’ which limits the benefits an out-of work family can receive to £500 per week. The cap was introduced in 2013 and is applied regardless of family size or circumstances such as rental costs.

Budget Cuts and Welfare Reform

2012

Government tuition fees’ raise was not in accordance with equality duties but still lawful

Re Hurley and Moore’s Application [2012] EWHC

Judicial review proceedings taken by two A-Level students to the Government’s decision to raise the cap on tuition fees that universities can charge has been unsuccessful.