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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.

4 June, 2018

Government publishes new concordat between the DWP and the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland

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4 June, 2018

TUC calls for action to close the ‘generational pay gap’

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4 June, 2018

AA v The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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4 June, 2018

Employment case law round up

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4 June, 2018

Number of homeless households in hostel accommodation in Scotland up 43 per cent since 2010

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1 June, 2018

Competition and Markets Authority launches consultation on draft consumer law advice for care homes

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1 June, 2018

3 million hours of home care provision have been lost since 2015 due to funding cuts, Age UK says

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1 June, 2018

Right to unpaid time off for specified groups of volunteers in the criminal justice system

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31 May, 2018

DWP accepts that its approach to PIP activity 3, 'managing therapy or monitoring a health condition', was wrong prior to 2017

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31 May, 2018

Local welfare assistance schemes are failing those in crisis, Children’s Society say

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31 May, 2018

Government announces appointment of Sir Hector Sants as chair of the Single Financial Guidance Body

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31 May, 2018

Council criticised for cutting a disabled man’s care package without reassessing his needs

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31 May, 2018

FCA to consult on new proposals designed to protect those who use overdrafts and high-cost credit

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30 May, 2018

Jobcentre staff do not feel confident to deal with domestic abuse cases due to 'lack of meaningful training'

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30 May, 2018

Transfer of welfare powers to the Scottish Government, and agency arrangements with the DWP

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30 May, 2018

Government does not support the use of property guardianship schemes as a form of housing tenure

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30 May, 2018

Online ‘submit your appeal’ service to be available nationally from summer 2018, says HMCTS

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