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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 February, 2023

DWP launches three-month pilot to test electronic exchange of care home admissions data with local authorities

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7 February, 2023

Social Security Scotland to begin a pilot for its carer support payment by the end of this year, with a national launch to follow in spring 2024

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7 February, 2023

Senedd Finance Committee calls on Welsh Government to fast-track introduction of Welsh Benefits Charter

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6 February, 2023

Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales instructs magistrates to stop listing applications for warrants of entry for purpose of installing pre-payment meters

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6 February, 2023

Person who is 16 years old but still of compulsory school age cannot claim carer’s allowance even if they are home educated and not receiving full-time education

More Welfare rights case law

6 February, 2023

Remedial Order introduced to give greater employment protections to embassy workers

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6 February, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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3 February, 2023

Severely disabled claimants call on the DWP to compensate tens of thousands of people following ‘conclusive and robust’ Court of Appeal ruling

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3 February, 2023

High Court cancels debtor’s mental health crisis moratorium and temporarily restrains her from seeking a further moratorium to allow creditor time to enforce judgment debt

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3 February, 2023

Continuing to freeze LHA rates makes little sense and only serves to widen geographic disparities for low-income renters

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3 February, 2023

DWP was 'premature' in introducing recent regulations to increase universal credit administrative earnings threshold, says Lords Committee

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3 February, 2023

Ofgem takes action on forced installations of prepayment meters on vulnerable customers

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3 February, 2023

Government confirms it is providing up to £53 million to local authorities in England to improve housing support for drug and alcohol recovery

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3 February, 2023

Changes in Scotland to how much money an individual is allowed to keep before any payment can be taken from their wages to recover debts

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2 February, 2023

Policy that introduced work search conditionality for lone parents has produced ‘fiscal savings indistinguishable from zero’

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2 February, 2023

Work and Pensions Committee Chair calls for DWP to publish the evidence and reports being used to inform the second state pension age review ahead of government’s final decision

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2 February, 2023

Court of Appeal rules that a notice to increase the rent of a periodic tenancy with a start date that was not compliant with section 13 of the Housing Act was invalid

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