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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 September, 2022

Government to introduce legislation to ensure landlords pass on the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme payment to tenants who pay all-inclusive bills

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21 September, 2022

More than 10 million UK adults are behind on one or more household bills

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21 September, 2022

Number of households subject to benefit cap increased by almost 10 per cent in the three months to May 2022

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21 September, 2022

Legal challenge launched against new regulations that allow agency workers to fill in for striking workers

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21 September, 2022

Kerslake Commission calls on government to reintroduce eviction ban to avoid cost of living crisis having ‘catastrophic’ impact on homelessness

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20 September, 2022

Universal credit migration process is ill-suited to needs of people with mental health problems and preventative measures must be taken to mitigate potential harm

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20 September, 2022

Increase in the universal credit administrative earnings threshold

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20 September, 2022

Housing Ombudsman makes two findings of severe maladministration in relation to landlord’s failure to investigate and resolve problem with damp and mould in resident’s home

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20 September, 2022

Welsh Government launches consultation on applying six month notice period for no fault evictions to existing tenancies that convert to ‘occupation contracts’ after 1 December 2022

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20 September, 2022

Increasing the winter fuel payment in Northern Ireland in 2022/2023 to take account of the new cost of living payment

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20 September, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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16 September, 2022

Universal credit claimants have the right to seek backdating of their claim after the decision to award benefit has been made

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16 September, 2022

Almost 95 per cent of households who are subject to the benefit cap are only capped because its level has been frozen for six years

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15 September, 2022

High Court considers whether Housing Act 1985 provisions that prevent family members from succeeding to a secure tenancy when tenant is absent due to ill health before death are unlawful

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15 September, 2022

Cost of administering WCA mandatory reconsiderations and appeals under ESA reduced from more than £27m in 2014/2015 to just £1.3m in 2021/2022

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15 September, 2022

Number of people presenting as homeless in Northern Ireland increased by 10 per cent in first half of 2022

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14 September, 2022

Government highlights areas that do not meet minimum standard of having at least one legal aid provider for housing

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14 September, 2022

Average cost per social security appeal has quadrupled over last nine years

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13 September, 2022

Benefits and tax credits to be paid early ahead of next week’s State Funeral

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