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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.

17 July, 2024

Bill enabling creation of mental health debt moratorium in Scotland receives Royal Assent

More Debt news

17 July, 2024

DWP sets out improvements it is making to the explicit consent process in universal credit

More Welfare rights news

16 July, 2024

Welsh Housing Secretary resigns, saying she sees no way the Welsh Government can achieve its legislative ambitions unless the First Minister stands down

More Housing news

16 July, 2024

DWP confirms that ‘Invited Digital’ service has now gone fully live for PIP and DLA child claims

More Welfare rights news

16 July, 2024

More people are requiring complex social care support as a result of long NHS waiting lists and the push for more rapid discharge from hospital

More Community care news

15 July, 2024

Crisis sets out three key actions for new government to take in its first 100 days as it seeks to end homelessness

More Housing news

15 July, 2024

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

More Employment case law

12 July, 2024

DWP confirms allocation of responsibilities across new Ministerial team

More Welfare rights news

12 July, 2024

Government confirms new ministers responsible for housing and social care following last week’s General Election

More Housing news

12 July, 2024

AI tools could free up as much as 40 per cent of DWP’s workforce time, says Tony Blair Institute

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12 July, 2024

Disregarding interim infected blood compensation payments in the calculation of housing benefit

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12 July, 2024

Ombudsman criticises council’s delays in dealing with application to join housing register from woman fleeing domestic abuse

More Housing news

12 July, 2024

Ombudsman issues Adverse Findings Notice to care home that refused to refund resident’s fees as recommended following earlier investigation

More Community care news

12 July, 2024

Civil Justice Council launches call for evidence on enforcement of debt judgments

More Debt news

11 July, 2024

Immediate action must be taken to address unacceptable rising levels of economic inactivity, says new Work and Pensions Secretary

More Welfare rights news

11 July, 2024

Government must abolish ‘deeply damaging’ two-child limit immediately, says CPAG

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11 July, 2024

High Court rules that Withdrawal Agreement did not enable claimant granted pre-settled status to extend or disapply domestic rules requiring additional social assistance eligibility conditions

More Housing case law