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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.

10 November, 2015

Government rejects SSAC's recommendation to limit housing benefit backdating to three months instead of one

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10 November, 2015

D, R (on the application of) v Brent Council

More Community care case law

10 November, 2015

Interpretation of PIP descriptor 5 (toilet needs) and overlap with descriptor 3 (managing therapy)

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10 November, 2015

Over half of disabled people using social care can’t get the support they need to live independently

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10 November, 2015

Extra care housing factsheet

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9 November, 2015

High Court rules that council tax reduction scheme requiring minimum 15 per cent payment did not discriminate on grounds of age or disability

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9 November, 2015

Almost 280,000 tax credit calls abandoned by claimants in March 2015, up from just over 12,000 in March 2014

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9 November, 2015

Number of workers spending more than two hours commuting up by 72% in last decade

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9 November, 2015

Mind reveals ‘negligible’ spend on public mental health

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9 November, 2015

Employment case law round up

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6 November, 2015

Residential Property Tribunal Procedures and Fees (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

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6 November, 2015

Chancellor considering increasing universal credit taper to pay for limiting tax credit cuts

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6 November, 2015

Consultation launched on extending mandatory licensing of houses in multiple occupation

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6 November, 2015

DWP to test new adjustments to work capability assessment by end of the year

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6 November, 2015

Carer’s (Scotland) Bill passes first stage

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6 November, 2015

Better use of care at home

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6 November, 2015

Social landlords must give equal standard of service to gypsy/travellers as to housing tenants

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