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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.

30 October, 2019

Effect of abolition of employment tribunal fees is having ‘inevitable impact’ on tribunal performance

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30 October, 2019

Specialist Employability Support programme fails to meet DWP targets for achieving job outcomes for participants

More Welfare rights news

29 October, 2019

Bill to abolish assured shorthold tenancies in England receives first reading in House of Lords

More Housing news

29 October, 2019

Government must act urgently to tackle use of NDAs in covering up cases of discrimination and harassment at work

More Employment news

28 October, 2019

Scottish Government announces that time limit for requesting a redetermination of a decision relating to new disability assistance will be extended to 42 days

More Welfare rights news

28 October, 2019

Crutches as an aid for dressing or undressing if reasonably required by claimant who needs to stand to complete activity

More Welfare rights case law

28 October, 2019

High Court considers whether county court correctly assessed time limit to bring appeal and good reason for late appeal, pursuant to section 204 of the Housing Act 1996

More Housing case law

28 October, 2019

Employment case law round up

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25 October, 2019

DWP’s ‘defensive, dismissive and trite’ response to Work and Pensions Committee’s survival sex inquiry was ‘not an isolated incident’

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25 October, 2019

Almost half of Scottish households with a universal credit award that includes the housing costs element have a direct payment to landlord arrangement in place

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25 October, 2019

High Court decides not to grant interim injunction in general terms to employer seeking to enforce non-compete clause against former employees

More Employment case law

24 October, 2019

European Court rules that bedroom tax unlawfully discriminates against woman living in a ‘Sanctuary Scheme’ home

More Welfare rights case law

24 October, 2019

High Court considers compensation following ruling that transitional provisions for benefit claimants with an SDP who had transferred to universal credit were unlawful

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24 October, 2019

People with outstanding tax credit debts risk having the money forcibly recouped from their wages, warns LITRG

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24 October, 2019

Sheffield City Council to review blue badge applications following Ombudsman investigation

More Community care news

24 October, 2019

Increasing numbers of people may be being sold debt solutions that don’t work for their circumstances

More Debt news

24 October, 2019

Discretionary Assistance Fund should be available to universal credit claimants waiting for their first payment, says Welsh National Assembly Committee

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