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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.

28 February, 2023

Number of individual voluntary arrangements in England and Wales continues on 20 year upward trend, reaching a record high in 2022

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28 February, 2023

Housing benefit administration subsidy arrangements for local authorities in 2023/2024

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28 February, 2023

Welsh Government announces changes to discretionary assistance fund from 1 April 2023

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27 February, 2023

MPs express disappointment that ‘clunky’ benefits system is preventing cost of living payments being delivered in smaller, more frequent amounts

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27 February, 2023

DWP to pilot ‘enhanced daily support’ for universal credit claimants alongside a reward scheme for jobcentre staff who ‘furthest exceed their aspirational targets’

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27 February, 2023

Government launches application process for energy bills support for households without a direct relationship with a domestic electricity supplier

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27 February, 2023

DWP confirms discretionary housing payment funding is to remain at £100 million per year for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025

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27 February, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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24 February, 2023

DWP announces next locations for discovery work to continue the testing of its universal credit managed migration programme

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24 February, 2023

DWP confirms that decision makers will consider hardship when deciding whether to stay individual cases affected by the EUSS pre-settled status Upper Tribunal case of AT v SSWP

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24 February, 2023

Transfer of functions relating to council tax reduction and valuation to the new Local Taxation Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal in Scotland

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24 February, 2023

Bringing into force measures to enhance conditions and protections for tenants living in the private sector in Northern Ireland

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23 February, 2023

DWP partners with the MoJ and HMPPS to support prison leavers in England and Wales to obtain work and get timely access to benefits

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23 February, 2023

HMCTS has prioritised delivering its court reform programme at pace over embedding sustainable change, says NAO

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23 February, 2023

Working Families calls for clarity on whether employment rights of working parents and carers will be maintained if Bill revoking retained EU law is enacted

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23 February, 2023

Civil society organisations, unions, and metropolitan mayors join renters in call for Housing Secretary to freeze rents

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23 February, 2023

Ombudsman finds council at fault after man with health problems was left street homeless for six months during Covid-19 pandemic

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