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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.

9 May, 2016

Positive carers rights under the Care Act are ‘not matching up with reality’, say Carers UK

More Community care news

6 May, 2016

High Court rules, in council tax reduction case, that late appeals require a thorough assessment of all circumstances pertaining to the failure to appeal in time

More Welfare rights case law

6 May, 2016

New definition of ‘care leaver’ and ‘looked after by a local authority’ for universal credit purposes

More Welfare rights news

6 May, 2016

Motability sees 516 per cent increase in income

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6 May, 2016

Over a quarter of Care Act grant funding to be allocated towards supporting carers in 2016/2017

More Community care news

5 May, 2016

Seven per cent of those currently affected by the benefit cap are carers

More Welfare rights news

5 May, 2016

Proper meaning of ‘prompting’ and ‘social support’ in activity 9

More Welfare rights case law

5 May, 2016

Trade Union Bill receives Royal Assent

More Employment news

5 May, 2016

All protected groups should benefit from limiting use of lifetime tenancies, says government

More Housing news

5 May, 2016

Government meets Lords ‘half way’ on its Pay to Stay proposals

More Housing news

5 May, 2016

Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016 receives Royal Assent

More Welfare rights news

4 May, 2016

Weight to be given to evidence from abroad / use of medical evidence to establish age of a claimant

More Welfare rights case law

4 May, 2016

House of Commons votes to reject 13 Lords’ amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill

More Housing news

4 May, 2016

Vulnerable residents should not have council tax debts passed to bailiffs, say debt charities

More Debt news

3 May, 2016

Local authorities allocated £16.5m additional funding to support cost of implementing welfare reform

More Welfare rights news

3 May, 2016

New definition of ‘care leaver’ and ‘looked after by a local authority’ for universal credit purposes

More Welfare rights news

3 May, 2016

Electronic claims for ESA and industrial injuries benefits

More Welfare rights news

3 May, 2016

Government launches consultation on tipping, gratuities and service charges

More Employment news

3 May, 2016

Employment case law round up

More Employment case law

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