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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.

4 April, 2023

Enacting the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill would place an ‘unacceptable restriction’ on a worker’s right to take strike action

More Employment news

4 April, 2023

Changes to the eligibility conditions for support for mortgage interest loans

More Welfare rights news

4 April, 2023

DWP issues guidance for local authorities participating in the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative in 2023/2024

More Welfare rights news

4 April, 2023

Department for Communities sets out further information on its plans for ‘Move to universal credit’ discovery phase in Northern Ireland

More Welfare rights news

3 April, 2023

Inquiry launched into effectiveness of the government’s cost of living support payments, and what can be done to improve the system’s fairness

More Welfare rights news

3 April, 2023

Changes to the definition of terminally ill for the purposes of PIP, DLA and AA in Great Britain

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3 April, 2023

Disregarding cost of living payments when carrying out financial assessments for the purposes of charging for care and support in England and Wales

More Community care news

3 April, 2023

Round-up of recent decisions from the Housing Ombudsman

More Housing news

3 April, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

More Employment case law

3 April, 2023

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

More Housing case law

3 April, 2023

Commencement of Scotland’s devolved maternity, funeral and heating expenses payments provisions

More Welfare rights news

3 April, 2023

Revocation and re-enactment of regulations in relation to statutory parental bereavement leave and pay in Northern Ireland

More Employment news

31 March, 2023

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry to examine whether working-age benefit levels are adequate to meet need

More Welfare rights news

31 March, 2023

Government reforms have left legal aid ‘in tatters’, with advice deserts expanding across England and Wales

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31 March, 2023

Information Commissioner issues DWP with practice recommendation in light of ‘consistently poor’ level of performance in handling FOI requests

More Welfare rights news

31 March, 2023

Tribunal was entitled to decide that universal credit computer system was not ‘inoperative’ at beginning of Covid-19 pandemic and so did not prevent claimant from making a claim

More Welfare rights case law

31 March, 2023

Shelter research finds that private renters who complain about disrepair are more than twice as likely to be served with an eviction notice

More Housing news

31 March, 2023

Work and Pensions Committee welcomes ‘important victories’ in securing improvements to universal credit childcare support

More Welfare rights news

31 March, 2023

Scottish Government announces more support for those at risk of self-rationing or self-disconnecting their energy use

More Debt news

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