UK Government Amends Social Security Regulations for 2026

These Regulations make amendments to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2205), the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214), the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794), the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1596), the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376), the Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/384), the Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/387) (“the PIP Transitional Regulations”), the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230) and the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/395).