Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v LM: [2023] UKUT 72 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 20 March 2023.

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Judicial Summary

Universal Credit 鈥 Regulation 54 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (鈥2013 Regulation鈥) 鈥 proper approach to calculation 鈥渆arned income鈥 of employees who are paid on 14 day cycle, which doesn鈥檛 correspond with the assessment period prescribed by the 2013 Regulations, with the consequence that in some assessment periods they will receive as much as six weeks鈥 pay, and in others as little as two weeks鈥 pay) 鈥 whether Secretary of State鈥檚 failure to cater for the situation of such claimants in the 2013 Regulations was 鈥渋rrational and unlawful鈥.

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Published 5 May 2023