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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.

7 July, 2015

Fees still deterring people from going to employment tribunals, warns TUC

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7 July, 2015

First year of Early Conciliation is a success, says Acas

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7 July, 2015

More than a million older people struggling to cope on their own, says Age UK

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7 July, 2015

Ministers considering shelving introduction of cap on personal liability for the cost of care

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7 July, 2015

OH v London Borough of Bexley (Rev 1)

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6 July, 2015

Chancellor announces that benefit cap to be £23,000 in London but lower outside the capital

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6 July, 2015

Welfare reforms have had damaging and disproportionate effect on women, says Scottish Welfare Reform Committee

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6 July, 2015

Budget to announce that people on higher incomes in social housing to pay more rent

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6 July, 2015

Chancellor to scrap inheritance tax on homes worth under £1m

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6 July, 2015

King’s Fund warning to Chancellor on health and social care funding

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6 July, 2015

Three-times more homeless young people rely on services than government records show

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6 July, 2015

Blunt rent caps could harm tenants, warns Shelter

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6 July, 2015

Dementia care falling on families due to gaps in health and social care provision, say GPs

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6 July, 2015

Changes to the standard interest rate to be applied to loans that qualify for housing costs

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6 July, 2015

Employment case law round up

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3 July, 2015

When assessing whether a particular type of meeting with the DWP occurred, a tribunal should not overlook the statutory background to such meetings

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3 July, 2015

New chair of Work and Pensions Committee calls for all new claims for tax credits to be rejected

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