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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.

3 June, 2015

Proposal to increase minimum wage rate for agricultural workers in Scotland

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3 June, 2015

Local authorities breaching rules limiting use of bed and breakfast accommodation for care leavers

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2 June, 2015

DWP decisions not legally valid due to failure to assess extent to which claimants satisfied Schedule 2 descriptors

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2 June, 2015

More than 60 per cent of ESA claimants sanctioned in Scotland between December 2012 and August 2014 had mental health problems

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1 June, 2015

Substantial risk to health arising from being found capable of work-related activity

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1 June, 2015

Leaked DWP document estimates that reduction in benefit cap could lead to 40,000 more children living in poverty

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1 June, 2015

Government brings forward plans to double free childcare for working families

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1 June, 2015

BIS publishes list of bodies for ‘whistleblowers’ to report malpractice to

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1 June, 2015

Research commissioned by Scottish Government finds that many working-age claimants anxious about further cuts to benefits

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29 May, 2015

Judicial review challenge to benefit cap and its impact on disabled people and their carers to go ahead

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29 May, 2015

Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015

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29 May, 2015

Number of county court judgments against consumers increased more than 20 per cent in last year

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29 May, 2015

Woman, with both legs amputated, awarded £27,000 for 14 month delay in deciding her personal budget

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29 May, 2015

Implementation of recent welfare reform has led to hard lessons being learned at 'significant financial and human costs'

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28 May, 2015

House of Commons library briefing on EEA migrants’ access to social housing

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28 May, 2015

Welsh government announces £6m funding to help older people live independently in their home

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27 May, 2015

New Full Employment and Welfare Benefits Bill introduced in Queen’s Speech

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27 May, 2015

Prescription of asthma in cleaners for industrial injuries benefit purposes

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27 May, 2015

Prescription of bladder cancer in relation to exposure to mineral oils for industrial injuries benefit purposes

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