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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.

19 December, 2019

Welsh Government announces new five-year rent policy for social housing

More Housing news

19 December, 2019

Scottish Government responds to consultation on the Job Grant

More Welfare rights news

19 December, 2019

Parliamentary Committee launches inquiry into the future of social care in Scotland

More Community care news

19 December, 2019

Court of Appeal considers whether county court has jurisdiction to determine issues relating to the amount of council tax payable by a claimant

More Housing case law

19 December, 2019

Whether a needs assessment under the Care Act should take into account needs that are already being met

More Community care case law

18 December, 2019

DWP publishes 2016 Infrastructure and Projects Authority report on universal credit

More Welfare rights news

18 December, 2019

Two people can have an amicable relationship and still be ‘estranged’ for purposes of capital disregard

More Welfare rights case law

18 December, 2019

Human Rights Commission calls on NI Executive to urgently remedy the ‘unacceptable’ lack of guaranteed, targeted measures to support people in or at risk of poverty

More Welfare rights news

18 December, 2019

280,000 people in England are homeless, with many more only days away from joining them, says Shelter

More Housing news

18 December, 2019

DWP issues advice to local authorities on the treatment of payments from the National Emergencies Trust

More Welfare rights news

18 December, 2019

Local authorities in England and Wales made more than 100,000 DHP awards in first half of 2019/2020

More Welfare rights news

18 December, 2019

Number of households that are homeless or threatened with homelessness in England increases by more than 11 per cent

More Housing news

17 December, 2019

DWP announces ‘small-scale pilot’ to test making managed payments to social landlords at same time as tenant receives their universal credit payment

More Welfare rights news

17 December, 2019

Scottish Government issues first draft of Disability Assistance for Children and Young People Regulations

More Welfare rights news

17 December, 2019

Welsh Government commits to maintaining protection from cuts to council tax reduction that operate in England

More Welfare rights news

17 December, 2019

Scottish Government publishes routemap for ‘user-centred, collaborative and sustainable’ free debt advice

More Debt news

17 December, 2019

Whether EU law provides for a ‘secondary’ right to reside as primary carer of under school age child where primary carer is not a family member of other parent

More Welfare rights case law

16 December, 2019

High Court considers whether local authority complied with relevant legal principles in considering second homelessness application

More Housing case law

16 December, 2019

Supreme Court rules that time to bring a claim under the Part-time Workers’ Directive starts to run from the date of part-time judge’s retirement

More Employment case law

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