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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.

2 June, 2021

Revoking obsolete regulations relating to ‘deeds of arrangement’ in Northern Ireland

More Debt news

1 June, 2021

Court of Session rules that a local authority has discretion to reduce or restrict use of self-directed care payments that were previously agreed in claimant’s care plan

More Community care case law

1 June, 2021 Open access

Long-term plan needed to protect vulnerable households at ‘cliff-edge’ of homelessness now Covid-related bailiff eviction ban lifted in England

More Housing news

1 June, 2021 Open access

Lifting of eviction ban in England signals ‘the beginning of the end’ for many renters facing homelessness, says Shelter

More Housing news

1 June, 2021

Bill that makes provision for parental bereavement leave and pay receives first reading in Northern Ireland Assembly

More Employment news

28 May, 2021

Government’s delayed response to Work and Pensions Committee report is symptomatic of its ‘dismissive attitude’ to concerns about flaws in universal credit system

More Welfare rights news

28 May, 2021

Growing inequality in household incomes after taxes and benefits largely due to ‘diminishing effectiveness’ of cash benefits to redistribute income from richest to poorest

More Welfare rights news

28 May, 2021 Open access

Thousands of renters at risk of losing their home as eviction ban in England comes to an end

More Housing news

28 May, 2021

Housing associations make permanent commitment to their tenants that no one will be evicted where they are engaging on a plan to manage their rent arrears

More Housing news

28 May, 2021

Status of Workers Bill receives first reading in House of Lords

More Employment news

28 May, 2021

Updating list of housing associations whose tenants are charged rates on basis of social sector value in Northern Ireland

More Housing news

27 May, 2021

Employment Bill will be introduced when the ‘time is right’ and not while pandemic is ongoing, says Secretary of State

More Employment news

27 May, 2021 Open access

Amendment of child benefit ‘terminal dates’ rules to protect entitlement in cases where education ends early due to cancellation of exams in 2021 because of Covid-19

More Welfare rights news

27 May, 2021

Department for Communities publishes its response to second independent review of PIP assessment process

More Welfare rights news

27 May, 2021

Housing benefit claimants that could benefit from updated care leaver and homeless hostel LHA shared accommodation rate exemptions will have to self-identify

More Welfare rights news

27 May, 2021

Extending right not to be subject to detriment in health and safety cases to ‘gig economy’ workers

More Employment news

27 May, 2021

Scotland’s new National Care Service will be the most important public sector innovation since the establishment of national health service, First Minister says

More Community care news