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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.

8 December, 2017

DWP publishes first Universal Credit Local Authority Bulletin

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8 December, 2017

EU and UK reach ‘common understanding’ on post-Brexit citizens’ rights, including in relation to the application of social security coordination rules

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8 December, 2017

Government identifies £1.7 million back pay for 16,000 workers underpaid minimum wage rates

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7 December, 2017

Government scraps plans to implement a cap on care costs in 2020

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7 December, 2017

House of Lords debates ‘motion to regret’ introduction of two child rule in Northern Ireland

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7 December, 2017

Miscellaneous amendments to legislation relating to letting agents in Scotland

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7 December, 2017

Scottish Government consults on terms for extending FOI legislation to Registered Social Landlords

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6 December, 2017

Government agrees to provide universal credit Project Assessment Reviews to the Work and Pensions Committee

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6 December, 2017

Around 3,500 people have joined Scotland’s devolved employment services in first six months

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6 December, 2017

Residential care capital limit in Wales to increase to £40,000 from April 2018

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6 December, 2017

Ombudsman criticises council for two-year delay in disabled man’s move from short-stay accommodation

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6 December, 2017

Care England, R (on the application of) v Essex County Council

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6 December, 2017

Definition of ‘insolvent employer’ for the purposes of claiming redundancy and insolvency payments

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6 December, 2017

Exemption from rates in Northern Ireland for properties vacated due to severe flood damage

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5 December, 2017

Consultation launched on introducing a universal credit earnings threshold for free early years child care for two-year-olds

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5 December, 2017

DWP pilots use of Real Time Information to help local authorities chase historic housing benefit debts

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5 December, 2017

Simmonds (as Trustee in Bankruptcy) v Pearce

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