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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.

6 September, 2018

Government responds to UN Committee's concerns about the impact of austerity measures on disabled people

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6 September, 2018

Government’s attempts to address problem of personal debt are ‘insufficient’, says NAO

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6 September, 2018

Work and Pensions Committee to ‘take up the cudgels’ to ensure implementation of Supreme Court ruling on bereavement benefits

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6 September, 2018

Extensions to list of prescribed occupations for latex anaphylaxis and nasal carcinoma

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6 September, 2018

Retained worker status will not be lost merely because JSA is disallowed on the grounds of ‘not actively seeking work’

More Welfare rights case law

5 September, 2018

Scottish Government to start delivery of best start grant payments before Christmas 2018

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5 September, 2018

Value of outstanding housing benefit overpayments ‘continues to follow an increasing trend’

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5 September, 2018

DWP in breach of duty to provide tribunal with adjudication history of ESA award / appeal to Upper Tribunal succeeded despite lack of statement of reasons

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5 September, 2018

Failure by a First-tier Tribunal to exercise its enabling and inquisitorial jurisdiction amounts to an error of law

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5 September, 2018

Government announces new default letting fee provision to limit fees imposed by landlords

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5 September, 2018

Backdating of income-related ESA where not awarded on conversion from incapacity benefit

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4 September, 2018

High Court decision to quash amendments to mobility activity 1 descriptors had retrospective effect so that amendments were never valid

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4 September, 2018

Dunn v The Secretary of State for Justice & Anor

More Employment case law

4 September, 2018

Fox, as trustee on the sequestrated estate of John O’Boyle against Karen Brennan

More Debt case law

3 September, 2018

DWP provides update on roll-out of Verify Earnings and Pensions Alerts service to local authorities

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3 September, 2018

Almost half of callers to National Debtline don’t have enough income to cover essential expenditure

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3 September, 2018

Employment case law round up

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