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14 October, 2021

Eligibility for housing and homelessness assistance in Wales for specified persons who have come to the UK from Afghanistan or Hong Kong

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14 October, 2021 Open access

Assessing low income for purposes of self-isolation support grant in Scotland

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14 October, 2021

Housing Ombudsman launches consultation on Corporate Plan for 2022-2025

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13 October, 2021

Court of Appeal holds that ‘Proof of Payment Rule’ requiring universal credit claimants to pay for childcare upfront is not unlawful

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13 October, 2021 Open access

Proportion of private renters in arrears in spring 2021 was more than double its pre-pandemic rate

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13 October, 2021

Supreme Court rules that requirement for applicant to Employment Tribunal in Scotland to raise separate court action to freeze employer’s bank account is not contrary to EU law

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13 October, 2021

‘Unprecedented demand’ for social housing is creating a backlog of applications to join local authority waiting lists

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13 October, 2021

Health of one in five renters harmed by poor housing, says Shelter

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12 October, 2021

HMCTS announces award of contract for delivery of support for people who find it difficult to access online services

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12 October, 2021

For the purposes of a funeral expenses payment, a funeral is an event involving final disposal of the deceased’s body and ceremonies closely related to that in nature, time, and place

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12 October, 2021

Lump sum advance payments of earnings cannot be disaggregated and notionally attributed to other weeks beyond the period in which they were actually paid in order to meet the first contribution condition for new-style JSA

More Welfare rights case law

12 October, 2021

Number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits decreased by more than 20 per cent in the year to August 2021

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12 October, 2021

DWP issues amending regulations to clarify that information it shares with local authorities can be used for purposes relating to housing benefit

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11 October, 2021

Court of Appeal rules that universal credit benefit cap earnings assessment is not irrational and unlawful in the case of a four-weekly paid claimant

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11 October, 2021

Scottish Government publishes progress update on Ending Homelessness Together action plan

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11 October, 2021

DWP issues amending regulations to clarify when benefit sanctions can be escalated

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11 October, 2021

Amendments to social security regulations in Northern Ireland in relation to rights of third-country nationals lawfully living and working in the UK after exit from the EU

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11 October, 2021

Employment case law round up

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8 October, 2021

Welsh Government launches consultation on increasing income thresholds for collecting unpaid council tax through an Attachment of Earnings Order

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