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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.

22 June, 2023

Government announces closure of a further 36 temporary jobcentres

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22 June, 2023

Department for Communities confirms funding decisions for the delivery of social security in Northern Ireland in light of restricted 2023/2024 Budget

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22 June, 2023

Ombudsman criticises council for leaving family in temporary accommodation it acknowledged was unsuitable due to disrepair for 17 months

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21 June, 2023

Low rates of social security are ‘pushing people into poverty and driving destitution’, say MPs

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21 June, 2023

Tribunal’s failure to find that former prisoner should be disqualified from receiving payments of contributory ESA for period of sentence amounted to error of law

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21 June, 2023

Money Advice Trust repeats call for urgent reform of council tax support and collection rules as council tax arrears in England increase to a new high of £5.5bn

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21 June, 2023

Three-quarters of adult social care directors in England say they ‘aren’t confident’ about being able to fully offer statutory minimum social care support in their communities

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21 June, 2023

Senior President of Tribunals issues Practice Direction relating to panel composition in the First-tier Tribunal of the Property Chamber

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20 June, 2023

DWP confirms vision for last phase of Universal Credit Programme, including ‘safe and secure’ migration of remaining 2.5 million households on legacy benefits and tax credits

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20 June, 2023

Exceptionally high food inflation is combining with inadequate support from universal credit to create a ‘horrendous new normal’, says JRF

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20 June, 2023

Number of households subject to benefit cap increased by 3 per cent in the three months to February 2023

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20 June, 2023

DWP acknowledges that waiting times for PIP and ESA inquiry lines ‘have been too long’

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20 June, 2023

Welsh Government launches White Paper consultation on a new tribunal system for Wales

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19 June, 2023

DWP invites applications for Future Support Offer grant funding to extend support for people claiming universal credit to April 2026

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19 June, 2023

More than 30 homelessness charities warn Prime Minister that government is not on track to meet commitment to end rough sleeping in England by 2024

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19 June, 2023

International Labour Organisation’s intervention about provisions in the Strikes Bill is ‘hugely embarrassing’ for UK Ministers, says TUC

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19 June, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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16 June, 2023

DWP has the capacity to deal smoothly with any increase in the number of benefit applications resulting from the Home Office’s new streamlined asylum process, says Home Secretary

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16 June, 2023

Allowing DLA for children to continue for 13 weeks after claimant has left England, Wales or Northern Ireland and becomes permanently resident in Scotland

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