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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.

16 October, 2015

Court of Appeal upholds decision that government consultation on PIP mobility criteria was neither unfair nor unlawful

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16 October, 2015

Private tenants feel ‘powerless’ due to lack of security of tenure

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16 October, 2015

One in ten adult social care services rated inadequate for safety

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15 October, 2015

New earnings thresholds introduced in universal credit to establish entitlement to help with health costs

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15 October, 2015

44 per cent of people could have benefited from money advice when seriously ill

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15 October, 2015

Amendments made to Childcare Bill as it completes report stage in the House of Lords

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15 October, 2015

Minister for Disabled People confirms support with making PIP claims offered to people with sensory impairments

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15 October, 2015

7,000 council homes a year could be lost if right to buy funding gap isn’t closed

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15 October, 2015

Living Rent Campaign calls for action to bring rents under control in Scotland

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15 October, 2015

Less than two thirds of funeral payment applications result in an award

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15 October, 2015

Local authorities are failing to fully implement the Care Act 2014

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15 October, 2015

HMRC's submissions to tribunals on entitlement to child benefit under EC Regulation 883/2004 have been wrong

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14 October, 2015

Miscellaneous amendments to legislation governing operation of universal credit

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14 October, 2015

Help with dressing and undressing does not count in assessing need for help with toileting or incontinence / adequacy of reasons for not accepting claimant's evidence

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14 October, 2015

Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015

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14 October, 2015

Immigration Bill receives second reading in House of Commons

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14 October, 2015

Almost 126,000 people on universal credit caseload as at 10 September 2015

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