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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 October, 2022

Government introduces Bill to limit average household energy bills to around £2,500 over next two years

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12 October, 2022

Annual review of adult social care complaints highlights ‘common theme’ of cases where councils or independent care providers are limiting or failing to provide care using cost as justification

More Community care news

12 October, 2022

Amendment of Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure in relation to the calculation of costs orders in Scotland

More Employment news

11 October, 2022

Government lays amended draft Remedial Order to extend bereavement benefits to surviving cohabiting partners with children

More Welfare rights news

11 October, 2022

Devolved governments call on Work and Pensions Secretary to take immediate action on the cost of living crisis

More Welfare rights news

10 October, 2022

200,000 more children will be pushed into poverty if benefits are uprated by wages rather than inflation

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10 October, 2022

DWP announces national rollout of programme integrating employment advisers into NHS England psychological therapy services

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10 October, 2022

First Minister announces doubling of final Scottish Child Payment bridging payment to £260

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10 October, 2022

Department for Levelling Up issues pre-action warning in first case to encourage a tower block owner to commit to starting remedial works or be forced to by the courts

More Housing news

10 October, 2022

Housing Ombudsman issues special report on Clarion Housing following further investigation of its responses to recent complaints

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7 October, 2022

Pressing ahead with benefit cuts in the face of public opposition would be ‘morally indefensible’

More Welfare rights news

7 October, 2022

Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill passed by Scottish Parliament

More Housing news

7 October, 2022

Department of Health in Northern Ireland announces additional funding of £7.1 million for social care direct payments

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6 October, 2022

Freezing of benefit cap will lead to a quarter of a million households being affected by 2025/2026

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6 October, 2022

Refusal to extend time to apply for mandatory reconsideration of tax credit decision gives rise to right of appeal to First-tier Tribunal

More Welfare rights case law

6 October, 2022

Councils urge government to delay its social care reforms until October 2024

More Community care news

6 October, 2022

Almost 2,000 Ukrainian households found to be owed statutory homelessness duty in England

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