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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.

29 July, 2015

New statistics show continued decrease in personal insolvencies and bankruptcies

More Debt news

29 July, 2015

Consultation on knowledge and skills for social work leaders and supervisors

More Employment news

29 July, 2015

Government launches review of whether benefit entitlement for people with addictions or obesity should be linked to accepting treatment

More Welfare rights news

29 July, 2015

Supreme Court refers three questions on lawfulness of DLA residence test to Court of Justice of the European Union

More Welfare rights case law

28 July, 2015

Welsh Assembly's Public Accounts Committee urges Welsh Government to develop strategy to manage impact of welfare reform

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28 July, 2015

More than 150,000 households receive assistance from Scottish Welfare Fund

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28 July, 2015

Barrett, R (On the Application Of) v City of Westminster Council

More Housing case law

28 July, 2015

Contribution towards cost of providing for children living abroad does not have to be made weekly / tribunal's error in assessing claimant's outgoings

More Welfare rights case law

27 July, 2015

Scottish Social Justice Minister calls on Work and Pensions Secretary to rethink changes to definition of child poverty

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27 July, 2015

Age UK’s Chief Economist finds that financial inequality is growing in the pensioner population

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27 July, 2015

Total financial debt for Great Britain rises to £104bn in 2010 to 2012

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27 July, 2015

Chaplair Ltd v Kumari

More Housing case law

27 July, 2015

Employment case law round up

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24 July, 2015

Government indicates that it has no plans to introduce charges for benefit appeals

More Welfare rights news

24 July, 2015

Government withdraws funding for English classes for jobseeker’s allowance claimants

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24 July, 2015

HMRC launches consultation on treatment of termination payments for tax and NI purposes

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24 July, 2015

Discrimination forces tens of thousands of new mothers out of their jobs every year

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