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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.

27 September, 2016

One in eight private renters have fallen victim to their landlord breaking the law

More Housing news

27 September, 2016

Assessing temporary and permanent illness in right to reside cases / procedure to follow when First-tier Tribunals refer appeals to the Upper Tribunal

More Welfare rights case law

27 September, 2016

Local authorities instructed to take action to correct inaccuracies in claimant details

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26 September, 2016

Attendance on a mandatory placement is not subject to conditions in a jobseeker's agreement and does not establish an employment relationship

More Welfare rights case law

26 September, 2016

11 per cent of adult domiciliary care inspections in Wales result in a non-compliance notice

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26 September, 2016

First commencement order for the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016

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23 September, 2016

3,362 dwellings were sold under Right to Buy in first quarter of 2016/2017, but only 422 replaced

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23 September, 2016

Children’s Society calls for a 12 month breathing space for families in problem debt

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23 September, 2016

Scottish Government to mitigate effects of sanctions regime in its devolved employment programmes

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23 September, 2016

Real costs of living need to be used when setting Living Wage rates, says Living Wage Commission

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22 September, 2016

Scottish social work and homecare services face up to a £667 million increase in spending by 2020

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22 September, 2016

Number of people being referred to the Work Programme falls to less than 10,000 a month

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22 September, 2016

Limitations in making budgeting decisions may flow from physical disabilities alone but only in rare cases

More Welfare rights case law

22 September, 2016

Lone parents do worse in the switch to universal credit than families with two parents, according to new CPAG research

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21 September, 2016

30 per cent of council tax debt clients in Wales have a disability, says Citizens Advice

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21 September, 2016

Bankruptcy (Applications and Decisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2016

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21 September, 2016

Inquiry into ‘Brexit’ and health and social care launched by Health Select Committee

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21 September, 2016

Social care workforce faces up to a 1.1 million shortfall by 2037, say Independent Age and ILC

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21 September, 2016

DWP confirms reassessment of claims affected by lower benefit cap will be phased in over a 12 week period from 7 November 2016

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