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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.

1 May, 2020 Open access

FCA extends period during which lenders are required to contact ‘mortgage prisoners’ to let them know they are now able to switch mortgages

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1 May, 2020

Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Bill introduced to Scottish Parliament

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30 April, 2020 Open access

DWP ‘pausing’ third party deductions from universal credit payments until 10 May 2020

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30 April, 2020 Open access

HMRC should amend the ‘furlough scheme’ to allow for short-time working during the COVID-19 outbreak, says Reform think tank

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30 April, 2020

Court of Appeal considers whether Employment Tribunal correctly allowed late claim from disabled employee where his mistaken belief about the date of dismissal contributed to delay

More Employment case law

30 April, 2020

Urgent investment in the advice sector is needed to ensure it can meet the demand for digital assistance required under Courts and Tribunals reform programme

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30 April, 2020

Supreme Court rules that Barclays Bank is not liable for sexual assaults allegedly carried out by doctor it instructed to carry out pre-employment examinations

More Employment case law

30 April, 2020

Uprating of NHS-funded nursing care provided in care homes in 2020/2021 and increase in 2019/2020 rates

More Community care news

30 April, 2020

Process for HMRC to make a decision on whether a person has a ‘genuine chance of being engaged in employment’ where jobcentre has not made such a decision

More Welfare rights case law

30 April, 2020 Open access

Department for Communities extends call for evidence period for second independent review of PIP in Northern Ireland

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30 April, 2020

Council tax in Wales is out of date, regressive and distortionary and needs to be revalued and reformed

More Housing news

29 April, 2020 Open access

Only ‘critical workers’ can access universal credit childcare while government’s response to coronavirus is in place, says DWP

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29 April, 2020 Open access

Bill to protect private renters during coronavirus outbreak passed by Northern Ireland Assembly

More Housing news

29 April, 2020 Open access

More than half a million claims made to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in its first week of being open for applications

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29 April, 2020 Open access

Home Affairs Select Committee calls for extension of priority need for settled accommodation to survivors of domestic abuse

More Housing news

29 April, 2020

Law Commission calls for increased powers for employment tribunals to help protect workers

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29 April, 2020 Open access

Charities and financial inclusion bodies offer support in delivering emergency hardship funds to households during coronavirus outbreak

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28 April, 2020 Open access

DWP warns people that applying for universal credit will bring any tax credit claim to an end, even if they are not eligible for universal credit

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28 April, 2020 Open access

Government issues guidance for social landlords on supporting vulnerable people to move home during the coronavirus outbreak

More Housing news

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