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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.

4 October, 2023

PCS union condemns government’s plans to reduce civil service staffing levels and make changes to the benefit sanctions regime

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4 October, 2023

Requirement for parties raising EU citizens’ rights issues in a tribunal or court claim to involve the Independent Monitoring Authority at the same time

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3 October, 2023

Universal credit is ‘simply inadequate’ to meet day-to-day living costs

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3 October, 2023

Chancellor confirms National Living Wage to rise to ‘at least £11 an hour’ from April 2024

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3 October, 2023

Department for Communities confirms decision to limit discretionary support grant funding to £20 million to reflect budget reduction in 2023/2024

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2 October, 2023

Chancellor and Work and Pensions Secretary outline steps the Conservatives are taking to rethink the way the welfare system works

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2 October, 2023

Government launches consultation on bringing in powers for CMS to make an administrative liability order against a person in arrears on their child maintenance payments

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2 October, 2023

Scottish Government seeks views on proposals to improve the rented sector further to its New Deal for Tenants consultation

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2 October, 2023

Continuation of provisions in relation to statutory parental bereavement leave and pay in Northern Ireland

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2 October, 2023

Round-up of recent decisions from the Housing Ombudsman

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2 October, 2023

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

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2 October, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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29 September, 2023

Government says that there are no targets to reduce the number of people who are found to have limited capability for work and work-related activity through WCA reforms

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29 September, 2023

20 per cent of benefit checks carried out by the Make the Call Service in Northern Ireland related to universal credit in the three years to April 2023

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28 September, 2023

DWP confirms that it has started a small-scale test using specialist health care professionals to carry out PIP assessments

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28 September, 2023

Real terms spending on Access to Work provision increased by 15 per cent in 2022/2023 and now exceeds pre-pandemic level

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28 September, 2023

Liberal Democrats set out vision for ending deep poverty within a decade

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28 September, 2023

Housing Ombudsman launches consultation on new Complaint Handling Code ahead of it becoming a statutory requirement in England under Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023

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28 September, 2023

Requirement for professional representatives to use CE-file when providing documents to the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal

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