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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.

1 December, 2022

Almost a million private renters in England are under threat of eviction

More Housing news

1 December, 2022

DWP issues updated guidance on the data interface between local authorities and its Debt Management Service for the recovery of housing benefit debt from DWP benefits

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1 December, 2022

Council’s treatment of disabled man with autism after he asked for a care needs assessment reveals significant lack of understanding of the needs of people with autism ‘at all levels’

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1 December, 2022

Housing Association ordered to pay £1,000 compensation for failing to remove resident from tenancy meaning he was unable to start a new tenancy

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1 December, 2022

Extended no-fault notice period under Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 reduced to two months for some converted contracts until 1 June 2023

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30 November, 2022

Delaying managed migration of ESA claimants to universal credit until 2028/2029 will save around £1 billion

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30 November, 2022

Extra resources needed to support In-Work Progression Offer should come through ‘innovations and efficiencies’, says Secretary of State

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30 November, 2022

Additions to the list of matters that are prescribed for the purpose of whistleblowers raising concerns with Ofcom as ‘protected disclosures’

More Employment news

30 November, 2022

Revaluation of ‘protected payments’ and pension sharing ‘debits and credits’ in the new state pension in relation to those reaching pensionable age on or after 11 April 2023

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30 November, 2022

Scottish Government confirms that best start grant early learning and school age payments are to be made automatically to those in receipt of Scottish child payment

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30 November, 2022

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

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29 November, 2022

End Fuel Poverty Coalition calls for ban on fuel suppliers forcing customers to switch to pre-payment meters

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29 November, 2022

DWP confirms that administrative exercise to correct state pension payments has identified more than £200 million in underpayments

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29 November, 2022

Housing Ombudsman calls on social landlords to renew focus on improving approaches to tackling damp and mould

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29 November, 2022

Disapplication of certain EU equal treatment legislation to clarify that it no longer applies in relation to accessing support including social security, statutory payments and housing services

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29 November, 2022

Provision for local authorities to require homeless people to demonstrate a local connection in order to access services suspended in Scotland

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28 November, 2022

MoJ announces £12 million of new funding to support access to early legal help

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