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22 August, 2016

Citizens Advice calls for a new dedicated authority to enforce maternity and other workplace rights

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22 August, 2016

Ethnic minority workers are a third more likely to be underemployed than white workers

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22 August, 2016

Housing benefit spending on private rented households doubles to £9.3 billion

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22 August, 2016

Employment case law round up

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19 August, 2016

Tribunal rules and time limits in Scotland

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19 August, 2016

People from ethnic minorities more likely to live in substandard and overcrowded accommodation

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19 August, 2016

Scotland’s home care service at breaking point, reports Unison Scotland

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18 August, 2016

Benefits for young people receiving ‘continuing care’ from children’s services in Scotland

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18 August, 2016

Treatment of postgraduate master’s degree loans and special support loans for means-tested benefit purposes

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18 August, 2016

LGO finds council at fault in assessment of applicant’s priority for housing based on medical need

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18 August, 2016

Benefit changes needed to help tackle homelessness, says Communities and Local Government Select Committee

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18 August, 2016

Renewed government-wide strategy needed to tackle homelessness, says Select Committee

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17 August, 2016

Bedroom tax is failing to achieve its aim of freeing up larger homes

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17 August, 2016

Number of people claiming universal credit exceeds 300,000 for first time

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17 August, 2016

Universal credit claimants’ access to discretionary housing payments

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17 August, 2016

DWP confirms changes to benefit cap levels to be introduced from 7 November 2016

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17 August, 2016

New Burdens payments for local authorities to help them cope with temporary accommodation funding pressures

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16 August, 2016

Secondary legislation being presented 'without meaningful analysis of impact', says Social Security Advisory Committee

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16 August, 2016

More Londoners are in debt at a cost of £1.4bn, says StepChange Debt Charity

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