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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.

11 November, 2022

Almost 12.5 million people are living in housing ‘legal aid deserts’

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11 November, 2022

Social care Expert Group publishes final report on establishing a National Care Service for Wales that is ‘free at the point of need’

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11 November, 2022

Work and Pensions Secretary ‘disappointed’ that PCS members have voted for industrial action

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10 November, 2022

Commencement of automatic 12 month extension of PIP awards awaiting review delayed until ‘early to mid-December’

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10 November, 2022

Trussell Trust reports that number of emergency food parcels distributed between April and September 2022 was up by a third on same period in 2021

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10 November, 2022

Housing Ombudsman makes findings of severe maladministration in relation to housing association’s failings when responding to complaint about anti-social behaviour

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10 November, 2022

Lucy Frazer appointed as new Housing Minister in the DLUHC

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10 November, 2022

Savings, transitional provisions, and consequential amendments to primary legislation relating to the coming into force of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

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9 November, 2022

Claimants are not required to satisfy all of the elements of the definition of ‘take nutrition’ in order to score points under PIP daily living descriptor 2(b)

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9 November, 2022

Earnings received in an assessment period are to be taken into account when assessing universal credit for that period even where they relate to an earlier period and were paid late

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9 November, 2022

First-tier Tribunal gave adequate reasons for finding that claimant experienced work-aggravated asthma rather than work-caused occupational asthma

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9 November, 2022

DWP has not provided adequate explanation for ‘unprecedented and unacceptable’ levels of fraud and error in benefits system, say MPs

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9 November, 2022

Money advice charities issue joint guidance to essential services and finance firms on how to support more people with mental health problems to disclose their condition

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9 November, 2022

Public Bill Committee issues call for evidence ahead of line by line scrutiny of the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill

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9 November, 2022

High Court rules that Lambeth Council’s decision that a property was ‘suitable accommodation’ was irrational as it was based on an unlawful housing needs assessment and unlawful personal housing plan

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8 November, 2022

DWP issues guidance on revision of decisions to terminate an award because a qualifying benefit has ceased, where that benefit is subsequently reinstated

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8 November, 2022

Public Accounts Committee calls for evidence on DWP’s Restart Scheme for claimants who are long-term unemployed

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8 November, 2022

Joint Committee on Human Rights launches inquiry into the rights of asylum seekers in the UK with a view to identifying human rights concerns

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8 November, 2022

Local authorities exercising functions in relation to homelessness and social housing included on list of bodies required to have regard to the Armed Forces Covenant

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