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5 October, 2020

Cross-party coalition of MPs launches inquiry into the scaling-up of Housing First support as a sustainable solution to homelessness in England

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5 October, 2020

Employment case law round up

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2 October, 2020 Open access

Government modifies the effect of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to provide for new Job Retention Bonus

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2 October, 2020

Bill to give Work and Pensions Secretary the power to uprate pension age benefits in 2020/2021, despite there being no growth in earnings, receives second and third readings

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2 October, 2020

TUC calls for government to bring socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010 into force

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2 October, 2020 Open access

Government urged to reverse decision to re-commence evictions of people who live in asylum accommodation

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2 October, 2020

Digital-only proof of EU Settlement Scheme status creates ‘real risk of harm’, says PLP

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2 October, 2020

Senedd votes in favour of motion calling on Welsh Government to introduce trial of universal basic income

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2 October, 2020

DWP announces that Video Relay Service extended to pension credit and the social fund

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1 October, 2020

Legal advice cannot be separated from digital support in helping people to overcome barriers to accessing HMCTS services

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1 October, 2020 Open access

Scottish Parliament consents to UK Parliament legislating on its behalf to determine uprating of industrial death benefit in 2021/2022

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1 October, 2020 Open access

Secretary of State confirms government intends to renew provision for easement of local authority duties to assess and meet care needs

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1 October, 2020

National Minimum Wage protection extended to maritime workers across the UK from today

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1 October, 2020 Open access

Local Authorities in Scotland to pro-actively contact all those required to self-isolate, to establish whether a Self-Isolation Support Grant is needed

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1 October, 2020

More than 8,000 former rough sleepers were assessed as owed a homelessness relief duty in 2019/2020, almost double the number of rough sleepers recorded in the last annual ‘snapshot’ count

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30 September, 2020 Open access

Secretary of State confirms that there will be no recompense for tax credit claimants who were advised to claim universal credit and lost out

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30 September, 2020

It is not the responsibility of the DWP to have a statutory safeguarding duty towards vulnerable claimants, says Secretary of State

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30 September, 2020 Open access

Children’s Commissioner for England calls for a ‘pre-emptive’ package of welfare and housing support for families who have built up rent arrears during the COVID-19 outbreak

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30 September, 2020 Open access

Scottish Government announces new £500 Self-Isolation Support Grant for people on low incomes who are required to self-isolate

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