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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.

21 October, 2022

Continuation of the Warm Home Discount Scheme in Scotland until 2026

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21 October, 2022

Scottish Government publishes annual report on progress towards implementing Ending Homelessness Together action plan

More Housing news

21 October, 2022

Welsh Government confirms that it will continue to use existing repayment period and threshold for student loans in 2023/2024

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20 October, 2022

Government introduces legislation requiring unions to ensure that workers are available to provide minimum service level during transport strikes

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20 October, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that a council had not discharged main housing duty under section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 by making a private rented sector offer on account of multiple procedural failures

More Housing case law

20 October, 2022

Second cost of living payment for those receiving tax credits only to be made between 23 and 30 November 2022

More Welfare rights news

20 October, 2022

Work and Pensions Committee calls on Chancellor to give an assurance to uprate social security benefits in line with inflation in April 2023

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20 October, 2022

National insurance gains for low-paid workers will be dwarfed by income losses if benefits are uprated by earnings rather than inflation

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20 October, 2022

Council criticised for lack of support it gave to visually impaired woman for almost two years

More Community care news

20 October, 2022

Bill to reduce maximum working week under Working Time Regulations from 48 to 32 hours receives first reading

More Employment news

20 October, 2022

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration in relation to landlord’s handling of complaint from shared owners about defects in new build house

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20 October, 2022

Birmingham City Council agrees to refund 11 years of care home ‘top-up’ fees that family were made to pay in error

More Community care news

20 October, 2022

Addition of ‘street homeless’ to categories of person in priority need for purposes of Housing (Wales) Act 2014

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19 October, 2022

Prime Minister says that she and Chancellor are ‘completely committed’ to the state pension triple lock

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19 October, 2022

Scottish Government sets out plans for a fairer labour market in an independent Scotland

More Employment news

19 October, 2022

Even if benefits are increased in line with inflation in April 2023, their real value will be 6 per cent lower than pre-pandemic levels

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19 October, 2022

Child benefit backdating following grant of refugee status in circumstances where Home Office decision letter said claim cannot be made prior to receipt of Biometric Residence Permit

More Welfare rights case law