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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.

2 October, 2014

Wonga agrees to write off debts of 330,000 customers and stops interest and charges for 45,000 more

More Debt news

1 October, 2014

Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2, Savings and Transitionals) Order

More Debt news

1 October, 2014

Disabled Persons’ Parking Badges (Scotland) Act 2014

More Community care news

1 October, 2014

Further substantial increases needed to national minimum wage, says TUC

More Employment news

1 October, 2014

Cooking test does not fluctuate according to person's dietary needs / tribunal's failure to take evidence from claimant about ability to cook

More Welfare rights case law

1 October, 2014

Surge in requests for deprivation of liberty assessments following Supreme Court ruling in March

More Community care news

30 September, 2014

Local Authority not limited to recovering amount specified in court compensation order following conviction for benefit fraud

More Welfare rights case law

30 September, 2014

Scottish Housing Minister welcomes continued fall in homelessness in Scotland

More Housing news

30 September, 2014

DCLG publishes Rent to Buy prospectus

More Housing news

30 September, 2014

Just over 26,000 people made claims for universal credit in period up to 11 September 2014

More Welfare rights news

30 September, 2014

Payday loan companies ‘slow to improve practices’, says Citizens Advice

More Debt news

29 September, 2014

Neil Couling appointed as Senior Responsible Officer for Universal Credit

More Welfare rights news

29 September, 2014

Iain Duncan Smith announces acceleration of universal credit roll-out

More Welfare rights news

29 September, 2014

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 Commencement Order

More Housing news

29 September, 2014

What evidence of work-related activity is required when considering regulation 35

More Welfare rights case law

29 September, 2014

Conservative Party signals further cuts to welfare spending

More Welfare rights news

29 September, 2014

Employment case law round up

More Employment case law