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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.

12 September, 2011

Timetable for increasing pension age to 67 needs to be speeded up, says Pensions Minister

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9 September, 2011

Prime Minister confirms government's intention to explore benefit sanctions for parents of children who play truant from school

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9 September, 2011

No increase in student disregards for books, equipment and travel for academic year 2011/2012

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9 September, 2011

New Crisis research warns that homelessness situation is set to get worse

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9 September, 2011

Service users’ safety and dignity being put at risk due to council home care cuts

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9 September, 2011

Pilot programme to significantly boost number of careers advisers providing services in Jobcentres

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8 September, 2011

Homeless numbers up by 17 per cent on same quarter last year

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8 September, 2011

Support for disabled young people

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8 September, 2011

Employment Law Update

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8 September, 2011

DWP awarded £2,705,000 from Contingencies Fund to ensure that change to contributory ESA not delayed

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8 September, 2011

Government considering giving courts power to impose benefit sanctions on convicted criminals

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8 September, 2011

Government should ensure that 80 per cent of childcare costs covered under universal credit, says Save the Children

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7 September, 2011

DWP action following error in auto-increase of pension credit ‘non state pension’ income

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7 September, 2011

Government responds to judge’s ruling on squatters rights

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7 September, 2011

Crisis wins emergency accommodation pledge

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7 September, 2011

Soaring cost of childcare is pushing the poorest out of work and children into poverty

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7 September, 2011

Professor Harrington ‘staggered and shocked’ by estimated cost of appeals against WCA decisions

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