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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.

3 January, 2023

Government confirms that households in Northern Ireland who do not pay for fuel by direct debit will start to receive £600 vouchers from mid-January 2023

More Debt news

3 January, 2023

Government announces schedule for issuing cost of living payments during 2023/2024

More Welfare rights news

3 January, 2023

High Court rules that council’s housing allocation policy unlawfully discriminated against women fleeing domestic abuse or violence

More Housing case law

3 January, 2023

Viscount Younger of Leckie appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the House of Lords

More Welfare rights news

3 January, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

More Employment case law

23 December, 2022

DWP to pilot domestic abuse codeword scheme in Jobcentres from early 2023

More Welfare rights news

23 December, 2022

Government issues guidance to local authorities in England on using their allocation from the £100 million Council Tax Support Fund

More Welfare rights news

23 December, 2022

Government announces two-year funding package to continue Homelessness Prevention Grant for councils in England to April 2025

More Housing news

23 December, 2022

High Court dismisses claim by tenant seeking to move from accommodation provided after Grenfell fire, holding that council’s delay in finding suitable alternative accommodation was not unlawful

More Housing case law

22 December, 2022

High Court rules that long leaseholder was entitled to damages for breach of lease when landlord changed flat below to bar/restaurant

More Housing case law

22 December, 2022

Tenant support groups call for government to clarify steps it is taking to address the ‘public health crisis created by our broken housing model’

More Housing news

22 December, 2022

Social landlords in Scotland announce plans to keep rent increases below inflation for 2023/2024

More Housing news

22 December, 2022

Scottish Government publishes National Carers Strategy to ‘build a sustainable future for unpaid carers’

More Community care news

22 December, 2022

Economy and Fair Works Committee launches inquiry into the disability employment gap in Scotland

More Employment news

21 December, 2022

High Court rules that Home Secretary is acting unlawfully by failing to provide for essential living needs of asylum seekers

More Welfare rights case law

21 December, 2022

Select Committee expresses concern at number of Ukrainian families in the UK who may find themselves homeless at Christmas

More Housing news

21 December, 2022

Government commits to ending veteran homelessness in 2023

More Housing news