25 November 2016
R (on the application of Carmichael and another) (formerly known as MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions;R (on the application of Daly and others) (formerly known as MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2016] UKSC 58, [2016] All ER (D) 56 (Nov)
The Supreme Court held that the normal test in assessing the legality of the cap that had been imposed by regulation B13 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, SI 2006/213 was the test of ‘manifestly without reasonable foundation’ as it could be said that consideration of the 2006 regulations involved issues of economic and social policy.
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