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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.

16 May, 2022

High Court rules that a property must be incapable of occupation for its intended purpose in order to cease to be a hereditament for council tax purposes

More Housing case law

16 May, 2022

High Court rules that eviction and sale of claimant’s leasehold home is ‘null and void’ as a result of enforcement action taken in breach of conditions under mental health crisis moratorium

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16 May, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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13 May, 2022

Government launches consultation on new statutory debt solution focused on the repayment of debt, rather than debt relief

More Debt news

13 May, 2022

APPG on Ending the Need for Food Banks launches inquiry on how to tackle the growing need for emergency food parcels

More Welfare rights news

13 May, 2022

ADASS research finds that more than half a million adults are now waiting for social care assessments, services or reviews in England

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13 May, 2022 Open access

Exempting people who offer their second home for free as part of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme from having to register as a landlord in Scotland

More Housing news

13 May, 2022

Removal of exception in Northern Ireland employment equality legislation that allows schools to lawfully discriminate on the grounds of religious belief in the appointment of teachers

More Employment news

12 May, 2022

Work and Pensions Minister welcomes completion of programme to open almost 200 temporary Jobcentres across Great Britain

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12 May, 2022

Government launches review that will look at how to build on the ‘good’ flexibility in the gig economy, while ensuring sufficient protections are in place to prevent exploitative practices

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12 May, 2022

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration in relation to landlord’s failings in dealing with a complaint from resident with vulnerabilities

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12 May, 2022

Council pays £6,000 to family left in overcrowded housing for more than a year after accepting it did not do enough to help when they were threatened with homelessness

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12 May, 2022

Repeal of Vagrancy Act one step closer as Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill receives Royal Assent

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12 May, 2022

Uprating of payments in respect of NHS funded nursing care provided in care homes in England 2022/2023

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12 May, 2022

National minimum wage and national living wage enforcement activities in 2020/2021 identified more than £16 million in underpaid wages owed to workers

More Employment news

12 May, 2022

Enabling First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal in Scotland to give direction prohibiting disclosure of document or information where disclosure would cause serious harm

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12 May, 2022

Correction of drafting errors in regulations that made consequential amendments to social security legislation relating to introduction of adult disability payment in Scotland

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11 May, 2022 Open access

Temporary easement of suitability obligations on England’s local authorities to open up greater supply of temporary accommodation for people fleeing Ukraine and Afghanistan humanitarian crises

More Housing news

11 May, 2022

First-tier Tribunal’s ignorance of fact that claimant was working in period after date of decision under appeal did not give grounds for supersession of the tribunal’s decision

More Welfare rights case law

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