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25 June, 2019

Court of Appeal considers whether police officer was discriminated against because of a perceived disability

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25 June, 2019

Eligibility for social housing in Wales

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25 June, 2019

Scottish Government widens young carer grant eligibility criteria following consultation

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25 June, 2019

Northern Ireland Ombudsman launches investigation into administration of personal independence payment

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24 June, 2019

Entitlement to bedroom under regulation B13 must be determined objectively without reference to physical practicality of accommodating category of actual occupants

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24 June, 2019

Move-on period after refugee status is granted is insufficient to claim and be paid universal credit, says Select Committee

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24 June, 2019

First Minister called upon to speed up introduction of the income supplement to tackle child poverty in Scotland

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24 June, 2019

Employment case law round up

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21 June, 2019

Real terms funding cut and variable council practices are limiting access to Scottish Welfare Fund crisis grants

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21 June, 2019

Discretionary Support scheme's single income threshold is 'at best unfair and at worst discriminatory', says Commissioner

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21 June, 2019

Second Ombudsman complaint needed after council fails to decide disabled woman’s eligibility for financial support

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21 June, 2019

Employer has no enforceable obligation to re-engage unfairly dismissed employee when ordered to do so by Employment Tribunal

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20 June, 2019

Public Accounts Committee asks DWP to outline the 'step change' it has made in its attitude to listening to feedback from stakeholders

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20 June, 2019

Tax credits fraud and error overpayments rose to 5.7 per cent of spending in 2017/2018

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20 June, 2019

More than 50,000 people are currently having a carer’s allowance overpayment recovered from them

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20 June, 2019

Variable LHA rates and three year tenancies needed to help tackle homelessness crisis

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20 June, 2019

Exclusion from Private Residential Tenancies in Scotland

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19 June, 2019

Supreme Court rules that extension of Worker Registration Scheme was unlawful and residence rights of former workers following retirement should be based on ‘factual’ not ‘legal’ residence

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19 June, 2019

No workplace discrimination cases received legal aid funding between 2013/2014 and 2017/2018

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