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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.

30 October, 2014

One in five employees in Britain earns less than a living wage

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30 October, 2014

Carers strategy: the second national action plan 2014 to 2016

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30 October, 2014

93 per cent of councils in England and Wales don’t require that homecare providers pay travel time

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30 October, 2014

DWP confirms that Maximus awarded three year contract to deliver health related assessments including WCAs

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30 October, 2014

Prime Minister says that ‘it would not be right’ to give Affordable Homes Bill a ‘money resolution’

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30 October, 2014

Ministers ‘considering’ cutting the work-related activity component of ESA to just 50p

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30 October, 2014

Private landlords are free to refuse to let to housing benefit claimants

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30 October, 2014

84 per cent of home purchases under Help to Buy:Equity Loan scheme made by first time buyers

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30 October, 2014

Benefit cap acccounts for around a quarter of DHPs in London compared to 3 per cent in rest of England

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30 October, 2014

Tax credits, child benefit and guardian’s allowance appeals in Northern Ireland

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29 October, 2014

Over a third of social workers feel their caseload is unsafe, according to Community Care

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29 October, 2014

‘Sky-high housing costs leave five million stuck in rent-trap’, says Shelter

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29 October, 2014

National Housing Federation calls on government to reform Right to Buy

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29 October, 2014

Maximus to take over Atos contract for delivering work capability assessments

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29 October, 2014

High Court decision on challenge to bedroom tax for parents with shared care of children

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29 October, 2014

Care and Support (Personal Budget: Exclusion of Costs) Regulations 2014

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29 October, 2014

Social work duties in relation to cross-border placements and ‘business failure’ of care providers

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