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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.

10 April, 2024

DWP confirms plans for ‘enhanced support customer journey’ for claimants who require additional help with managed migration

More Welfare rights news

10 April, 2024

High Court holds that council did not breach Equality Act obligations by failing to carry out remedial works to meet all the needs of a disabled tenant with heightened sensitivity to noise and smell

More Housing case law

10 April, 2024

Local authority concedes judicial review challenge to decision requiring man with autism and learning difficulties to contribute more than £2,000 per year towards care costs

More Community care news

10 April, 2024

Almost 7.5 million adults in the UK were struggling to pay bills and make credit repayments in January 2024

More Debt news

10 April, 2024

Work and Pensions Secretary and CPS welcome convictions in ‘largest ever benefit fraud case’

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10 April, 2024

Uprating of housing cost contributions, work allowances and transitional SDP element in universal credit in 2024/2025

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9 April, 2024

Government confirms expansion of Move to UC with 500,000 more claimants to be sent migration notices

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9 April, 2024

Carers UK calls for wholescale reform of carer’s allowance and other benefits for carers

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9 April, 2024

Government needs to stop treating disabled people as the problem in addressing disability employment gap

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9 April, 2024

Uprating of non-dependant deductions and care home residents’ personal expenses allowance in the calculation of income support, JSA, ESA and state pension credit

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9 April, 2024

Increase in banding rates for Employment Tribunal awards for injury to feelings for 2024/2025

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8 April, 2024

End Child Poverty Coalition renews call to abolish ‘cruel’ two-child limit

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8 April, 2024

ACAS publishes updated Code of Practice on flexible working covering new rights that come into force this month

More Employment news

8 April, 2024

High Court rules that council’s housing allocation policy relating to reciprocal transfers is unlawful as it indirectly discriminates against women who need to move to escape violence

More Housing case law

8 April, 2024

All disabled children and young people in Scotland who receive disability benefits now paid directly from Social Security Scotland as move to child disability payment completes

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5 April, 2024

Compensation paid to energy customers for wrongful installation of prepayment meters in 2022 and 2023 expected to exceed £500,000

More Debt news

5 April, 2024

DWP confirms increase in universal credit Administrative Earnings Threshold levels from 1 April 2024

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