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8 January, 2015

Welfare reform is hitting Wales hardest, according to Auditor General for Wales

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8 January, 2015

Sharp increase in homeless applications from the private rented sector in Scotland

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8 January, 2015

Enforcement of the minimum wage must be continuously improved, says TUC

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8 January, 2015

Two thirds of housing association tenants affected by bedroom tax finding it hard to pay their rent, says National Housing Federation

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7 January, 2015

Hillsden, R (on the application of) v Epping Forest District Council

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7 January, 2015

Scottish Welfare Reform Committee commissions research into impact of welfare reforms on different household types

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6 January, 2015

Increasing number of councils asking low-income families to pay council tax

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6 January, 2015

Government publishes response to call for evidence on credit unions

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6 January, 2015

Tribunal exercises judgment, rather than discretion, in assessing evidence, finding facts and applying law to facts

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6 January, 2015

House of Commons library note on setting rents in social rented sector

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6 January, 2015

IT system for notifying housing benefit departments of sanctions is 'working to specification', says Employment Minister

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5 January, 2015

Whether tribunal had jurisdiction to hear appeal about decision to award benefit to one carer and not to another

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5 January, 2015

There is no distinction between a pause and a stop for purposes of the ESA ‘mobilising’ descriptors

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5 January, 2015

Emphasis on doing minimum necessary in Welsh social care law is ‘profoundly wrong’

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5 January, 2015

2,000 people a day to seek advice about debt from a Citizens Advice Bureau

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5 January, 2015

Employment case law round up

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5 January, 2015

Work skills pilot scheme for jobseeker’s allowance claimants aged 18-21

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24 December, 2014

Onus of proof for establishing ‘reasonable grounds for believing’ a tax credit award is incorrect

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24 December, 2014

Review procedure when challenging a possession order on grounds of anti-social behaviour

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