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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.

27 May, 2021 Open access

Expiry of modification of unsuitable temporary accommodation rules in Scotland to enable placement of homeless families in hotels and B&Bs extended by three months

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27 May, 2021

First Minister confirms plan to make interim £100 payment to low income families as part of wider support pending full rollout of Scottish Child Payment

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27 May, 2021

Increase in Scottish Best Start Foods scheme payment rates and qualifying benefit income thresholds

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26 May, 2021

DWP and Capita publish responses to Coroner’s ‘Report to Prevent Future Deaths’ following findings that their failings contributed to death of claimant

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26 May, 2021

Permission granted for appeal against High Court ruling that SEISS does not unlawfully discriminate against women who have taken maternity leave

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26 May, 2021

Office of the Whistleblower Bill receives first reading in House of Lords

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26 May, 2021

Elderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill receives first reading in the House of Lords

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26 May, 2021

Children’s Commissioners of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland urge UK Government to end two-child limit

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25 May, 2021 Open access

Government rejects Select Committee call to issue guidance to local authorities on supporting people with no recourse to public funds

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25 May, 2021

Court of Appeal rules that leaseholder whose defence to a money claim had been struck out was not then able to contest reasonableness of service charges that were subject of that claim

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25 May, 2021

Extension of the age ranges for which the care leavers and homeless hostel exemptions from the shared accommodation rate of LHA apply

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25 May, 2021

Scottish local authorities spent almost all of their £78 million DHP funding for 2020/2021, including additional £8 million for Covid support

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25 May, 2021

High Court rules that local authority allocations scheme lawfully excluded applicant with ‘reasonable preference’ on account of overcrowding because she failed local connection criteria

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24 May, 2021

Promotion of independent advocacy for claimants will be a key theme of the health and disability Green Paper, says DWP Minister

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24 May, 2021

National Audit Office to investigate Kickstart Scheme’s value for money

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24 May, 2021

Employment case law round up

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21 May, 2021 Open access

Less than 5 per cent of £10 million Covid-19 tenant hardship loan fund in Scotland has been allocated since its launch in December 2020

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21 May, 2021

Northern Ireland Communities Minister announces plan to introduce non-repayable grant of up to £1,500 for upfront childcare costs

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20 May, 2021 Open access

DWP Permanent Secretary confirms Department is retrospectively verifying benefit awards that were subject to ‘Trust and Protect’ easements in early stages of Covid-19 pandemic

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