MW v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (IS): [2022] UKUT 59 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Rowland on 1 March 2022.
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Judicial Summary
Income support - transition to universal credit - award of income support terminated because entitlement to carer’s allowance ceased when the disabled person ceased to be entitled to a relevant qualifying benefit - disabled person winning appeal so that carer’s allowance was reinstated - claimant unable to claim income support again due to the introduction of universal credit - whether claimant entitled to apply for revision of, and appeal against, the decision terminating the award of income support - whether new award of carer’s allowance was a change of circumstances at the beginning of the period of the award, rather than when the award was made.