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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.

15 June, 2016

PAC raises concerns that there may not be capacity to meet demand for extended free childcare

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15 June, 2016

Posted Workers (Enforcement of Employment Rights) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

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15 June, 2016

Number of PIP mandatory reconsiderations is increasing, but the majority result in no change to awards

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15 June, 2016

Just over a quarter of a million people are currently claiming universal credit

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15 June, 2016

Descriptors including a 'need' for an aid or appliance, prompting, supervision or assistance, incorporate requirement to assess reasonableness of that need

More Welfare rights case law

15 June, 2016

Housing benefit subsidy to local authorities

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14 June, 2016

Permission granted for disabled man to bring judicial review over care package cuts

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14 June, 2016

Scotland delivers 33,490 affordable housing completions over the last five years

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14 June, 2016

Court of Justice of the European Union finds indirect discrimination is justified in the UK right to reside test for child benefit and child tax credit

More Welfare rights case law

14 June, 2016

Transitional protection from 2013 changes to Schedule 2 persists in cases where decision relates to an old style ESA50 completed prior to changes

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14 June, 2016

HMRC should exercise discretion in deciding whether to impose a penalty and, if so, how much it should be

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13 June, 2016

Seven in ten people say their mental health problems made their debt situation worse

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13 June, 2016

Introduction of new sanctions for employment and support allowance claimants in Northern Ireland

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13 June, 2016

Introduction of three-tier sanctions regime for jobseeker’s allowance in Northern Ireland

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13 June, 2016

Introduction of universal credit in Northern Ireland

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13 June, 2016

Simplifying and rationalising the industrial injuries benefits scheme in Northern Ireland

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13 June, 2016

Galdikas & Ors v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd & Ors

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