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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.

12 July, 2024

Ombudsman criticises council’s delays in dealing with application to join housing register from woman fleeing domestic abuse

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12 July, 2024

Ombudsman issues Adverse Findings Notice to care home that refused to refund resident’s fees as recommended following earlier investigation

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12 July, 2024

Civil Justice Council launches call for evidence on enforcement of debt judgments

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11 July, 2024

Immediate action must be taken to address unacceptable rising levels of economic inactivity, says new Work and Pensions Secretary

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11 July, 2024

Government must abolish ‘deeply damaging’ two-child limit immediately, says CPAG

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11 July, 2024

High Court rules that Withdrawal Agreement did not enable claimant granted pre-settled status to extend or disapply domestic rules requiring additional social assistance eligibility conditions

More Housing case law

11 July, 2024

Almost two-thirds of DHP expenditure for 2023/2024 was related to welfare reforms

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11 July, 2024

DWP issues guidance to local authorities on the closure of tax credits and the transfer of state pension age claimants to universal credit or pension credit

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11 July, 2024

Housing Ombudsman expresses ‘deep concern’ about the handling of window-related complaints in the social housing sector

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11 July, 2024

Confusion about backdating highlighted in Scottish government’s evaluation of transfers to devolved disability benefits

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10 July, 2024

New line-up completed at the DWP with appointment of further Ministers

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10 July, 2024

Tribunal erred in failing to make sufficient findings of fact about the steps needed and the time taken by the appellant to manage his double incontinence in view of the PIP 'acceptable standard' and 'reasonable time' criteria

More Welfare rights case law

10 July, 2024

TUC warns that proposed reforms to the TUPE regime focus on weakening protections rather than ensuring system works as effectively as possible

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10 July, 2024

Scottish Parliamentary Committee launches consultation to examine the impact of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 since it came into effect

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10 July, 2024

Homelessness Bill included in Welsh Programme for Government setting out a package of reforms that ‘focus on prevention and early intervention’

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9 July, 2024

New Work and Pensions Secretary called on to scrap plans to tighten work capability assessment

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9 July, 2024

Kemi Badenoch appointed Shadow Secretary of State with responsibility for housing

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9 July, 2024

Senior President of Tribunals sets out proposed practice direction on composition of Employment Tribunals

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9 July, 2024

EHRC launches consultation on updated guidance in relation to sexual harassment and harassment at work

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