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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.

11 March, 2016

Social Market Foundation recommends abolition of the work capability assessment and provision of voluntary assistance in place of sanctions

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11 March, 2016

Help with NHS costs in England

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11 March, 2016

Re-rating of National Insurance contributions limits and thresholds

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11 March, 2016

Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland to be renamed

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11 March, 2016

Benefit uprating in Northern Ireland

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11 March, 2016

Meaning of a ‘week’ for the purposes of statutory paternity, adoption and shared parental pay

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10 March, 2016

Cocking & Anor v Eacott & Anor

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10 March, 2016

‘ACAS Conciliated Settlements’ represent largest proportion of Employment Tribunal disposals

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10 March, 2016

Increasing number of benefit appeals result in decision in favour of the claimant, according to new tribunal statistics

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10 March, 2016

More than 60 per cent of ESA claimants placed in Support Group

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10 March, 2016

One in six UK adults are living with problem debt, according to major new study

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10 March, 2016

Lords pass Immigration Bill amendment to allow asylum seekers to work after 6 months

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10 March, 2016

Government confirms plan to adopt a taper system within Pay to Stay with rents increasing gradually

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10 March, 2016

Households in receipt of housing benefit to be exempt from Pay to Stay

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10 March, 2016

Burden of proof when establishing grounds to review a tax credits award under section 16

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10 March, 2016

Judge’s refusal to issue a statement of reasons out of time was not validly communicated to claimant; Tribunal erred by failing to apply ESA regulation 35(2) in accordance with IM

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9 March, 2016

Number of people reporting that they are on a zero-hours contract increases to more than 800,000

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