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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.

31 January, 2023

Housing Ombudsman highlights ‘key weaknesses’ in landlord’s approach to damp and mould and complaint handling, following two cases of severe maladministration

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30 January, 2023

Medical tribunal member using a ‘brisk and business-like’ approach was in keeping with Social Entitlement Chamber’s inquisitorial ethos

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30 January, 2023

DWP has ‘greyed out’ diaries in jobcentres on 1 February 2023 as part of contingency plans to deal with planned day of strike action

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30 January, 2023

Home Office error could have resulted in more than 140,000 people whose EUSS applications were refused continuing to enjoy Withdrawal Agreement rights to which they were no longer entitled

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30 January, 2023

Processing of Scottish disability payment claims is taking longer where Social Security Scotland needs to gather supporting evidence on behalf of the claimant

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30 January, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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27 January, 2023

DWP confirms that it is conducting small-scale test of online applications for PIP

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27 January, 2023

Ensuring continued eligibility of confirmed victims of human trafficking or slavery for housing and homelessness assistance and housing authority accommodation in Wales

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26 January, 2023

Basic benefit rates are ‘close to destitution levels’ and must be reset

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26 January, 2023

EHRC research highlights barriers faced by those challenging social care decisions in Scotland

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26 January, 2023

Assessment of income and capital for the purposes of charging for residential care in Scotland 2023/2024

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26 January, 2023

Housing Ombudsman makes multiple findings of maladministration in relation to housing association’s handling of leak which led to flooding

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25 January, 2023

Universal credit in-work progression policy is costly and ineffective for employers and risks damaging wellbeing and morale among employees

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25 January, 2023

Any decision to accelerate the rise in state pension age will ‘condemn millions to a miserable and impoverished run up to retirement’

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25 January, 2023

Human Rights Committee urges government not to proceed with Bill of Rights Bill

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25 January, 2023

All-Party Parliamentary Groups launch joint inquiry into housing solutions for homeless households

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25 January, 2023

Government announces plans for new statutory code to crack down on employers that use ‘fire and rehire’ dismissal tactics

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25 January, 2023

Eligibility and payment conditions for winter heating payment in Scotland

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25 January, 2023

Miscellaneous amendments to social care charging and financial assessment provisions in Wales 2023/2024

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