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17 May, 2021

HMCTS seeks views from legal representatives about their experiences and perceptions of remote hearings

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17 May, 2021 Open access

High Court of Northern Ireland rules that a Health and Social Care Trust acted lawfully in reducing two claimants’ social care provision in response to pressures of Covid-19 pandemic

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17 May, 2021

Clarification that remote hearings are permitted in the Valuation Tribunal for England

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17 May, 2021

Housing Secretary confirms allocation of Rough Sleeping Initiative funding for 2021/2022

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14 May, 2021

Women and Equalities Committee welcomes government’s commitment to consult on amendments to flexible working arrangements

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14 May, 2021

Select Committee remains concerned about ‘glaring omission’ of social care reform from government’s white paper on health and social care integration

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14 May, 2021

Government launches expert advisory panel on implementing a reformed commonhold regime

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14 May, 2021

Welsh Labour leader and First Minister creates new cabinet role of Minister for Social Justice

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13 May, 2021

DWP was most common creditor of people using food banks in early 2020

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13 May, 2021 Open access

Reduction of required notice periods for landlords seeking possession in England

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13 May, 2021

Almost 4 per cent of benefit expenditure was overpaid in 2020/2021, representing the highest overpayment rate to date

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13 May, 2021

Payment of disability and carer’s benefits to EEA frontier workers who have worked in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020

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13 May, 2021

Rights of EEA nationals and their families to disability and carer’s benefits following the repeal of free movement law at the end of the transition period for leaving the EU

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13 May, 2021

High Court considers lawfulness of decision on suitability of Mental Health Act 1983 aftercare accommodation for patient due to return home on discharge from hospital

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13 May, 2021

DWP and HMRC to issue letters to people they believe may need to apply to the European Union Settlement Scheme

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12 May, 2021 Open access

Government confirms that current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England will end on 31 May 2021

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12 May, 2021

Money and Pensions Service launches pilot to join up mental health practitioners with debt advice services

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12 May, 2021

Government has ’rowed back’ on its 2019 promise to boost workers’ rights after failing to include employment bill in Queen’s Speech

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12 May, 2021

Housing Ombudsman reports on effectiveness of its new power to progress residents’ complaints

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