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Daily news and case law updates across five areas of social welfare law: welfare benefits, debt, housing, employment and community care. Subscribe for updates.

11 July, 2017

Increase in local housing allowance rates used when calculating universal credit in Northern Ireland

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11 July, 2017

Amendment of the benefit cap earnings exception threshold for universal credit claimants in Northern Ireland

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11 July, 2017

Two thirds of carers say care assessments do not ‘thoroughly consider’ need for breaks from caring

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10 July, 2017

Ability to understand body language and visual cues is relevant when assessing whether a claimant with severe visual impairment can engage with others

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10 July, 2017

Rural-specific strategies are needed to prevent and relieve homelessness in rural communities

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10 July, 2017

Availability of discretionary housing payments for universal credit claimants in Northern Ireland

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10 July, 2017

Removal of entitlement to universal credit housing costs for some claimants aged 18 to 21 in Northern Ireland

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10 July, 2017

Employment case law round up

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7 July, 2017

Loan payments to replace support for mortgage interest from 6 April 2018

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7 July, 2017

Citizens Advice calls on the government to pause the roll out of universal credit

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7 July, 2017

Miscellaneous amendments to working-age social security benefits in Northern Ireland

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7 July, 2017

Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017

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6 July, 2017

Risk of police involvement increased by claiming non-consensual conception exception to the two child limit in Northern Ireland

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6 July, 2017

DWP estimates that 88,000 households were in scope for lower benefit cap in 2016/2017

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6 July, 2017

Too many people across England are receiving social care ‘that is not good enough’, says CQC

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6 July, 2017

73 per cent of local authorities in England and Wales underspent DHP funding in 2016/2017

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6 July, 2017

Precautionary use of incontinence pads can help satisfy the 50 per cent of days test in regulation 7

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6 July, 2017

Trindade v London Borough of Hackney

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6 July, 2017

More than one in three LGBT people have been harassed or bullied at work, says TUC

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