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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.

13 May, 2015

Hotak and others (Appellants)  v London Borough of Southwark and another (Respondents)

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13 May, 2015

More than 60,000 sanctions applied to employment and support allowance claimants since new regime began in December 2012

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13 May, 2015

Just under 54,000 claimants on universal credit caseload as at 9 April 2015

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12 May, 2015

Greg Clark appointed as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

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12 May, 2015

Sajid Javid appointed as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

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12 May, 2015

Average clearance time for PIP new claim falls from peak of 41 weeks in July 2014 to 15 weeks in March 2015

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12 May, 2015

New ministerial line-up at the DWP confirmed

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11 May, 2015

Permanent residence for EEA nationals and their families

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11 May, 2015

DWP publishes equality analysis of changes to the Access to Work scheme

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11 May, 2015

Employment case law round up

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11 May, 2015

Iain Duncan Smith re-appointed as Work and Pensions Secretary

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8 May, 2015

Official error overpayment not recoverable for period before claimant received decision notice

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7 May, 2015

Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (Wales) Order 2015

More Housing news

7 May, 2015

Whether overpayment of housing benefit arising as a result of a successful ESA appeal is caused by official error

More Welfare rights case law

7 May, 2015

Tribunal's error in finding that DWP would take into account claimant's mental health problems when deciding what work-related activity she should be required to do

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6 May, 2015

Children’s benefits should be protected by a ‘triple lock’ to reduce child poverty

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6 May, 2015

Leaked DWP documents reveal ‘very, highly or extremely controversial’ potential cuts to benefits

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