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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.

25 February, 2021 Open access

Measures to protect private tenants in Northern Ireland from eviction extended to 30 September 2021

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24 February, 2021

Provision for PIP assessments to be carried out by video in Scotland

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24 February, 2021

Review finds that SSAC has used its independence to offer impartial advice to Ministers and stimulate the thought processes of DWP policy officials

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24 February, 2021 Open access

Amendments to regulations setting out how a week’s pay is to be calculated for purposes of calculating statutory payments for furloughed workers

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24 February, 2021

Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Bill approved by Welsh Senedd

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24 February, 2021

Housing Ombudsman orders Woking Council to pay tenant £6,000 compensation after leaving her without gas supply for three years

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23 February, 2021

Cross-party group of MPs concludes that Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 has had a ‘devastating’ effect on the health and wellbeing of people on low incomes

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23 February, 2021

Government reiterates its commitment to change the six-month rule for terminally ill claimants, but says timetable for change will be set ‘in coming months’

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23 February, 2021 Open access

EHRC announces that enforcement action against employers failing to report gender pay gap will start on 5 October 2021

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23 February, 2021 Open access

Number of people claiming universal credit hits six million

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23 February, 2021 Open access

Fewer than 5,000 universal credit claimants had a sanction deduction in November 2020

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23 February, 2021

People with protected characteristics are more likely to be paying a ‘poverty premium’

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23 February, 2021

Financial Conduct Authority issues finalised guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers

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22 February, 2021

Court of Session considers whether a refusal by a local authority to accept an application for accommodation from a person who had previously refused offers of accommodation was unlawful

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22 February, 2021

Court of Appeal considers whether to hear appeal on points of law not previously raised by HMRC

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22 February, 2021

MHCLG to establish second headquarters in Wolverhampton

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22 February, 2021 Open access

Shadow Chancellor urges government to expand self-isolation support to help avoid a fourth lockdown

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