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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.

19 July, 2023

Government should expand employment support to those not on benefits, say MPs

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19 July, 2023

Government is failing renters by stalling on Renters Reform Bill, says Shelter

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18 July, 2023

LHA rates are failing to match private rented sector rents for around two thirds of households receiving universal credit housing support

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18 July, 2023

People with pre-settled status under EUSS to automatically have their status extended by two years if they have not yet obtained settled status

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18 July, 2023

Government launches consultation on Disability Action Plan for 2023 to 2024

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17 July, 2023

New study presents ‘unassailable case’ for need to end both the two-child limit and the benefit cap

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17 July, 2023

DWP launches ‘Invitation to Claim’ trial to encourage take-up of pension credit

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17 July, 2023

Peers accept government amendment to Worker Protection Bill, that removes protections against third party harassment at work, in order to help the Bill move forward

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17 July, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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14 July, 2023

Ten years after its introduction, benefit cap is leaving some families with at little as £44 per week to live on

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14 July, 2023

More than a fifth of people receiving benefits or other financial support report that they ran out of food and were unable to afford more in the past two weeks

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13 July, 2023

High Court rules that government’s failure to consult on regulations that allow employers to use agency workers to replace striking workers was ‘unlawful and irrational’

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13 July, 2023

Children’s charities and Commissioners call for abolition of the two-child limit, as new DWP statistics show that 1.5 million children are living in households affected by the policy

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13 July, 2023

More than 900,000 households in receipt of universal credit are repaying a budgeting advance

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13 July, 2023

While Kickstart scheme often helped those with relatively good employability find work, those who faced more challenges struggled to find a suitable job

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13 July, 2023

Around one in seven households in England live in a home that fails to meet the Decent Homes Standard

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13 July, 2023

Councils in England and Wales contributed an additional 15 per cent funding from their own resources on top of DHP allocations from central government in 2022/2023

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