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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.

12 July, 2016

Colostomy bag is an ‘aid or appliance’ for managing incontinence in activity 5

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12 July, 2016

Setting a target to reduce benefit underpayments is ‘unnecessary’ says DWP

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12 July, 2016

New provisions enable ‘leapfrog’ appeals from the Employment Appeal Tribunal to the Supreme Court

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12 July, 2016

New provisions enable ‘leapfrog’ appeals from the Upper Tribunal to the Supreme Court

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11 July, 2016

Council at fault for failing to inform homeowners of right to buy future sales restrictions

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11 July, 2016

20 per cent of universal credit awards that include housing costs are paid direct to landlords

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11 July, 2016

Introduction of discretionary support payments in Northern Ireland

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11 July, 2016

DWP publishes updated universal credit evaluation framework

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11 July, 2016

NAO qualifies opinion on DWP accounts for 2015/2016 because of 'unacceptably high' level of fraud and error

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11 July, 2016

Employment case law round up

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8 July, 2016

Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2016

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8 July, 2016

Hoyte, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark

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8 July, 2016

Government consults on whether councils should fund a devolved attendance allowance from business rates

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8 July, 2016

Council tax debt collection practices pushing people further into debt says Citizens Advice

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8 July, 2016

Government rejects recommendation to give decision makers discretion to extend new housing benefit and pension credit payment period during absences abroad

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8 July, 2016

Housing benefit and pension credit entitlement restricted to 4 weeks in the event of temporary absence from Great Britain

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8 July, 2016

NAO publishes report on DWP investigation into misuse of flexible support fund at Plaistow jobcentre

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