Universal Credit diversionary/recoupment payments to landlords

Nearly Legal has written up the important JR in Roberts v SSWP [2025] EWHC 51 (Admin), a decision of Fordham J (Links to NL’s blog).  I’m not going to repeat that discussion, but wanted to point to its relevance to Wales.  The outcome of the JR is that “it is not lawful for the [SSWP] to direct her decision makers that it is unnecessary to give UC-claimants an opportunity to make representations before making payments to landlords under CAP reg.58 [payment to another person on the Claimant’s behalf] and/or Sch.6 because doing so causes procedural unfairness”.