The court branded the DWP's present system, which allowed landlords to automatically claim money for rent arrears from a claimant's Universal Credit without scrutiny from officials, as "unfair" and ...

The court ruling follows a challenge by a tenant who was outraged to find the DWP had docked £500 from his Universal Credit payment at the request of his landlord.

The High Court has declared that the automatic approval of landlord requests to deduct money from monthly Universal Credit payments without requiring DWP officials to check with the claimants is "unfa ...

The landlord told the DWP that Mr Roberts was in two months' rent arrears, which is what places a tenant at the threshold for eviction. DWP will pay extra £673 to people on Universal Credit in two ...

The court branded the DWP's present system, which allowed landlords to automatically claim money for rent arrears from a claimant's Universal Credit without scrutiny from officials, as "unfair ...

His Universal Credit income amounted to £1,218 monthly ... and an additional £44.74 would be deducted to clear the rental arrears. Nathan contested the DWP's decision, arguing they had not ...

The judge, Mr Justice Fordham, said it was unfair that tenants on Universal Credit who could be adversely affected by rent arrears deduction and rent diversion requests had no opportunity to make ...