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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.

5 September, 2016

Scottish Parliament takes on new powers allowing it to adapt existing UK welfare system

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5 September, 2016

Government should adopt a ‘living rent’ for new affordable homes, says Renewal think tank

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5 September, 2016

Welfare reforms will lead to closure of 67 per cent of refuges in England, says Women’s Aid

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5 September, 2016

Tribunal failed to properly consider whether claimant had good reason for failing to participate in Mandatory Work Activity

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5 September, 2016

Employment case law round up

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2 September, 2016

Insolvency service launches new ‘DRO2’ Debt Relief Order service

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2 September, 2016

Claimant not a ‘family member’ of legal guardian brother for ‘right to reside’ purposes

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2 September, 2016

Claimant already working voluntarily had good reason for failing to undertake mandatory work activity

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2 September, 2016

Women with young children a third less likely to be in work than men with children of the same age

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1 September, 2016

LGO finds council at fault for 11 month delay in arranging move from unsuitable care home

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1 September, 2016

More than 19,000 council tax support claimants in London faced bailiff action in 2015/2016

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1 September, 2016

Claimant cannot be sanctioned for failing to undertake unreasonable work-related activity

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1 September, 2016

Tenanted flat not a disregarded ‘business asset’

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31 August, 2016

Dooneen Ltd (trading as McGinnes Associates) & Anor v Mond

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31 August, 2016

Funding and responsibility for the new Work and Health Programme should be fully devolved to local councils, says LGA

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31 August, 2016

Brexit could have ‘significant implications’ for the social security rights of European and UK nationals, says House of Commons Library

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31 August, 2016

Social security system needs reform to avoid ‘mass impoverishment’ in the 2020s, says Fabian Society

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31 August, 2016

Government must take urgent action to protect pregnant women from workplace discrimination, say MPs

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31 August, 2016

9.7 per cent decrease in numbers claiming council tax reduction in Scotland

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