[2025] UKUT 330 (AAC)

There will therefore need to be a hearing of the Appellant’s substantive appeal about the amount of his housing costs before a new First-tier Tribunal. The only possible reading of the law as applied to the facts of this case is that the challenge to the UC supersession decision had been the subject of a mandatory reconsideration, albeit that a MRN was not issued. As such, that requirement should have been waived by the FTT in the circumstances of this case. The Secretary of State must now prepare a response to the Appellant’s appeal against the decision of 23 April 2024 and a hearing bundle. The new Tribunal must review all the relevant evidence, make appropriate findings of fact and apply the relevant legislation.