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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.

17 June, 2021

Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill receives its first reading in the House of Lords

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17 June, 2021 Open access

Extension of period over which modifications to notice of eviction requirements in Wales apply

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17 June, 2021

Additional categories of capital to be disregarded when carrying out a financial assessment in order to calculate charges for care and support

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17 June, 2021

Ombudsman criticises council for automatically reducing allowable disability-related expenses in social care financial assessments where a cheaper option was available

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16 June, 2021

Court of Session rules that provision for refugees to make a backdated claim for tax credits from the date they sought asylum to 31 January 2019 continues to apply

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16 June, 2021

MoJ announces that selected court and tribunal judgments will be published by The National Archives from April 2022

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16 June, 2021

Amendment of regulations that introduce ‘fit and proper person’ assessment for mobile home site managers in England

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16 June, 2021

DWP confirms that all employment-inspired National Insurance number requests can now be made online

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16 June, 2021 Open access

Devastating impact of Covid-19 has demonstrated urgent need for reform of social care sector, say MPs

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16 June, 2021 Open access

Survey of more than 90 councils in England shows sharply rising demand for social care as society begins opening up after Covid-19

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15 June, 2021

Permission granted for judicial review of regulations preventing disabled students claiming universal credit

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15 June, 2021

Identification of universal credit claimants who need their monthly-paid wages assigned to a different assessment period will be automated in mid-summer 2021

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15 June, 2021

Commitment to run a basic income pilot included in Welsh Government’s new five-year policy Programme

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15 June, 2021

Welsh Affairs Committee launches inquiry to examine the benefits system in Wales as Covid-19 support schemes draw to a close

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15 June, 2021

Government launches consultation on regulations and statutory guidance relating to accommodation-based support for victims of domestic abuse

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15 June, 2021

DWP ‘responds positively’ to requests for universal credit split payments, says Minister

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15 June, 2021

New claims for PIP are at their highest level since its introduction in April 2013

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14 June, 2021

Shortcomings in DWP’s decision-making, investigation and record-keeping in overpayment case amount to errors of law / legal mechanism for reviving old-style ESA after contributory ESA exhausted

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14 June, 2021

Court of Appeal considers whether failure of domestic law to make provision for interim relief in discrimination and victimisation cases amounts to discrimination against women

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