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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.

22 February, 2023

Department for Communities publishes universal credit, PIP and benefit cap statistics for period to November 2022

More Welfare rights news

22 February, 2023

Review of government’s Tenancy Mediation Pilot finds that mediation was offered too late in the process and suffered from a lack of specialist legal advice

More Housing news

22 February, 2023

Miscellaneous amendments to tax credits, child benefit and guardian’s allowance regulations

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22 February, 2023

More than 130,000 PIP claimants had a confirmed ‘Additional Support’ marker at the point of registering their claim in the year to October 2022

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22 February, 2023

FCA publishes letter to debt advice firms on implementing new Consumer Duty from July 2023

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22 February, 2023

First Scottish winter heating payments to be issued from this week

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22 February, 2023

Department for Communities confirms that Northern Ireland’s Housing Executive rent levels will increase by 7 per cent in 2023/2024

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21 February, 2023

Ofgem tells energy suppliers to reverse prepayment meter installations and compensate customers if installations are found to be inappropriate

More Debt news

21 February, 2023

Government announces £842 million extension to Household Support Fund in England for 2023/2024

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21 February, 2023

Impact evaluation of September 2022 increase in the administrative earnings threshold ‘will not take place for some time’, says DWP Minister

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21 February, 2023

Citizens Advice calls for government to bring regulation of health hazards such as damp and mould in the private rental sector in line with its proposals for social landlords

More Housing news

21 February, 2023

More than 100,000 benefit claims that have been suspended by the DWP’s Risk Review Team remain suspended

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21 February, 2023

Tax refund received through PAYE counts as earned income for universal credit / claimant is ‘in paid work’ where contract of employment continues through unpaid sick leave

More Welfare rights case law

21 February, 2023

Regulatory Policy Committee finds that impact assessment for the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill is ‘not fit for purpose’

More Employment news

21 February, 2023

Scottish Government to increase DHP funding for mitigating the benefit cap to £6 million in 2023/2024

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21 February, 2023

Justice system must make a fundamental shift to focus on data and evidence if it is to be more accessible, efficient and trusted by the public

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21 February, 2023

Requiring intermediaries to ‘pass through’ benefits received from the domestic Alternative Fuel Payment scheme to end users in Great Britain

More Debt news