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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.

20 January, 2015

Capital subject to a restraint order made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 has a nil value

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20 January, 2015

Failure to properly assess effect of claimant’s mental health problems on application of ESA descriptors and regulation 29 (exceptional circumstances)

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20 January, 2015

DWP publishes Equality Analysis about extension of JSA sickness periods

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20 January, 2015

Scottish Government encourages more employers to sign up to the living wage accreditation scheme

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20 January, 2015

Further roll-out of universal credit to claimants with responsibility for children

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20 January, 2015

Scottish Government announces extra £100m funding to avoid delayed hospital discharge

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20 January, 2015

Robson & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Salford City Council

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20 January, 2015

Citizens Advice Scotland calls for halt to migration of DLA claimants to PIP until new Scottish system introduced

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20 January, 2015

Trial of universal credit in-work conditionality to start in April 2015

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19 January, 2015

Overpayment of child benefit not recoverable because claimant advised by Jobcentre Plus adviser that entitlement continued

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19 January, 2015

Descriptor 14(c) – coping with minor unplanned change – is not concerned with supported coping and does not require daily incidents of non-coping

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19 January, 2015

Almost four in ten families below minimum income standard in 2012/2013

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19 January, 2015

Nearly Legal damages for disrepair update

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19 January, 2015

House of Commons library note on homelessness

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19 January, 2015

House of Commons library note on homeless households in temporary accommodation (England)

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19 January, 2015

ECHR publishes Guide to Establishing Gypsy and Traveller Sites

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19 January, 2015

Number of jobcentre work coaches seconded to troubled families programme to more than double

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