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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.

5 February, 2016

ESA standing and sitting activity must be applied with regard to whether claimant could perform a job of work while remaining at a work station, but without reference to section 10 of the Equality Act (reasonable adjustments)

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5 February, 2016

Work of Illegal Money Lending Teams to be funded by levy on consumer credit firms from 2017

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5 February, 2016

Carer’s (Scotland) Bill passed

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5 February, 2016

Risk in ESA regulation 29(2)(b) must normally relate to work, and not, for example, claiming JSA

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5 February, 2016

Meaning of and distinction between ‘managing medication or monitoring a health condition’ and ‘managing therapy’ in activity 3

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4 February, 2016

MSPs say 'unacceptable' that UK Ministers have failed to answer its questions on the welfare reform programme in Scotland

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4 February, 2016

2016/2017 government funding for local authorities in respect of discretionary housing payments

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4 February, 2016

Welsh Government calls on UK Government to exempt tenants in supported housing from planned housing benefit cuts

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4 February, 2016

Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016

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4 February, 2016

21,000 households had their benefit capped in November 2015

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4 February, 2016

Amendments to council tax reduction schemes in Scotland

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4 February, 2016

Absence of housing options for single homeless people impacts on health and creates future costs

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4 February, 2016

National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2016

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4 February, 2016

National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2016

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4 February, 2016

Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

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4 February, 2016

One in five jobs in London now pay less than the London LIving Wage

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4 February, 2016

Exploring recruitment and retention of social care support workers

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