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8 July, 2019

Government launches pilot to increase use of earnings deductions to recover unpaid council tax

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8 July, 2019

Welsh Assembly Committee calls for statutory guidance on administration of Blue Badges in Wales

More Community care news

8 July, 2019

Employment case law round up

More Employment case law

5 July, 2019

Government has 'wilfully missed the point' on universal credit managed migration tests

More Welfare rights news

5 July, 2019

Urgent parliamentary question seeks clarification of DWP's policy for retaining and sharing documents relating to deaths of social security claimants

More Welfare rights news

5 July, 2019

Tribunal should not have relied exclusively on claimant's ability to drive when assessing PIP mobility activity 1 / effect of conflict between decision notice and statement of reasons

More Welfare rights case law

5 July, 2019

Scottish Government called upon to review operation of possession pre-action requirements across social rented sector

More Housing news

4 July, 2019

Select Committee expresses disappointment at procedural failures in process to appoint new Housing Ombudsman

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4 July, 2019

High Court of Northern Ireland considers whether a bank’s claim to repossess jointly owned property can be prevented by a claimant on grounds of undue influence or equitable interest

More Debt case law

4 July, 2019

12 per cent of mixed-age couples will have to wait ten or more additional years to claim pension credit under new benefit rules

More Welfare rights news

4 July, 2019

Almost two thirds of Youth Obligation participants who complete their 'journey' are going into work

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4 July, 2019

Government urged to introduce a basic entitlement to publicly funded personal care for individuals with substantial and critical levels of need

More Community care news

4 July, 2019

Government will take further action ‘as necessary’ to help existing leaseholders with onerous ground rent terms

More Housing news

4 July, 2019

Court of Appeal considers method for assessing 'particular disadvantage' under section 69 of the Equality Act 2010 in equal pay claim

More Employment case law

4 July, 2019

More than 400,000 cases have been reviewed since start of review exercise following Upper Tribunal decisions relating to PIP mobility activity 1

More Welfare rights news

4 July, 2019

APPG calls for increased funding of home improvements to address impact of poor housing on older people’s health

More Housing news

3 July, 2019

IPPR calls on government to reverse benefit cuts and reform the ‘now toxic’ universal credit

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3 July, 2019

Current legal definition for terminal illness is unfit for purpose, says APPG

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3 July, 2019

JRF calls for increased universal credit childcare allowances to help families towards a Minimum Income Standard

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