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IPPR recommends suspension and reform of Habitual Residence test

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Published on: 09 July 2020

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LNB News 09/07/2020

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Issue Date: 09 July 2020

Published Date: 09 July 2020

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Article summary

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a report titled ‘Testing times: Universal credit and the habitual residence test’, which discusses and evaluates the operation of the habitual residence test. The report was published following concerns that local residents of Islington Council were having issues with the habitual residence test, causing them to be incorrectly denied benefits or encounter serious delays to their entitlements. The report contends that there is a strong case for suspending the habitual residence test following mass redundancies and financial hardship following coronavirus (COVID-19), warning that ‘without changes to the current…process, many who are facing hardship as a result of the current crisis will continue to be left with no social safety net altogether'.

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