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24 December, 2020

Amendment of the residency conditions for carer’s allowance supplement and the young carer grant

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24 December, 2020

New immigration rules that target rough sleepers for deportation will be used sparingly, says government

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23 December, 2020 Open access

Amendment of statutory sick pay legislation in relation to those self-isolating because of COVID-19

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23 December, 2020 Open access

Eligibility criteria widened for the Social Care Staff Support Fund in Scotland

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23 December, 2020 Open access

DWP confirms that people who live in areas where shielding is reintroduced are able to claim SSP

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23 December, 2020

Whether company law relating to the execution of documents applies to statutory notices served by a corporate landlord on residential tenants in possession proceedings

More Housing case law

23 December, 2020

Sanction decision overturned on account of ambiguity in notification of requirement to take part in telephone interview / good reason for failure to attend

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23 December, 2020

Independent food banks across the UK record a 110 per cent increase in emergency food parcels distributed through 2020

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23 December, 2020

Select Committee calls for statutory Code of Practice on the Public Sector Equality Duty

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23 December, 2020

Court of Appeal rules that an Employment Tribunal has jurisdiction to cap a costs order, by taking account of ability to pay, when order is likely to exceed £20,000

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22 December, 2020 Open access

35,000 households are likely to have their benefit capped this month as their grace period for exemption comes to an end

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22 December, 2020

Crisis sets out ‘bold’ package of measures which could prevent more than 60,000 people becoming homeless in next decade

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22 December, 2020

Whether council's subsequent compliance with the public sector equality duty, in pursuing possession proceedings against a tenant who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, cured an earlier breach

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22 December, 2020

Revocation of legislation giving effect to agreements on citizens’ rights between the UK and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland following the UK’s exit from the EU

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22 December, 2020

Amendments to secondary and primary legislation in consequence of the repeal of free movement law at the end of the transition period for leaving the EU

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22 December, 2020

High Court considers whether a council acted unlawfully in misunderstanding the effect of its own Housing Allocation Scheme so as to give preference to families with children over those with a disabled adult

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22 December, 2020

Court of Session exercises discretion in favour of debtor, so that creditor is prevented from claiming PPI compensation awarded subsequent to ‘final distribution’ of assets

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22 December, 2020

Scottish Government launches consultation on draft regulations for Adult Disability Payment

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21 December, 2020

High Court rules that council’s care charging policy discriminated against severely disabled people, contrary to European Convention on Human Rights

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