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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 January, 2022

Welsh Government announces intention to implement the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 on 15 July 2022

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12 January, 2022

Supplementary provisions to be incorporated into new ‘occupation contracts’ in Wales subject to provisions within Renting Homes Wales Act 2016

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12 January, 2022

Explanatory information for written statements of new ‘occupation contracts’ in Wales

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12 January, 2022

Requirement for landlord to ensure that dwelling is fit for human habitation under Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

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12 January, 2022

Property Chamber issues practice statement on the matters a tribunal in England should consider when appointing a manager in order to resolve property management issues

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12 January, 2022

DWP made almost 4,000 consolatory payments to claimants during 2020/2021

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12 January, 2022

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration after council’s failures contribute towards six-year delay to fix resident’s leaking roof

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11 January, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that suspension of DLA after 28 days in hospital did not breach severely disabled adult’s rights under Article 14 ECHR

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11 January, 2022

Extending right to be provided with PPE to ‘gig economy’ workers

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11 January, 2022

Government to provide ‘guarantee’ that leaseholders in medium-rise buildings will not face the cost of fixing dangerous cladding

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11 January, 2022

MPs vote in favour of resetting welfare cap to almost £140 billion in 2024/2025 and increasing its margin for fluctuation to 2 per cent

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7 January, 2022 Open access

Requiring health and social care staff to have received complete course of Covid-19 vaccination

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6 January, 2022

Almost three-quarters of work capability assessments are still carried out over the telephone

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6 January, 2022 Open access

Work coaches to continue to offer telephone interviews where claimants do not feel ‘comfortable or safe’ to come into the jobcentre

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6 January, 2022

Circumstances in which a person for whom tax credits have not been abolished may make a fresh claim following termination of an award

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6 January, 2022 Open access

Reintroduction of Covid-19-related Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme where employee’s incapacity for work falls on or after 21 December 2021

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5 January, 2022

Claimant who moved into property after tenant went to prison could not be treated as liable to make payments for housing benefit purposes

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5 January, 2022

Tribunal correct to treat pay in lieu of notice as employed earnings for universal credit purposes rather than as a termination of employment payment that could be excluded from calculation

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4 January, 2022

DWP confirms details of 6-month pilot project across 15 jobcentres to test a new autism framework 

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