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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 November, 2022

Council’s delay in approving a disabled facilities grant left disabled woman unable to access her bedroom and bathroom for almost a year

More Community care news

2 November, 2022

One in four local authorities in England offer no discretionary crisis provision through Household Support Fund

More Welfare rights news

2 November, 2022

MoJ confirms plans to invite around 20,000 people who have council tax arrears to take part in Early Legal Advice Pilot

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1 November, 2022

New Work and Pensions Secretary says that one of his ‘early key missions’ will be to focus on the economically inactive

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1 November, 2022

Regulations laid to enable government to deliver its energy price guarantee

More Debt news

1 November, 2022

Average time to carry out mandatory reconsiderations for PIP and universal credit is almost two months

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1 November, 2022

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

More Housing case law

1 November, 2022

Scottish Government publishes revised Social Housing Charter to help improve the quality and value of services provided by social landlords

More Housing news

1 November, 2022

Prescribed persons with whom ‘whistleblowers’ can raise concerns as ‘protected disclosures’ in Northern Ireland

More Employment news

31 October, 2022

Government confirms commencement of first phase of delayed Early Legal Advice Pilot

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31 October, 2022

Deadline for households to claim £150 council tax energy rebate extended to 30 November 2022

More Housing news

31 October, 2022

Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill receives second reading in Commons

More Employment news

31 October, 2022

Think tanks and research groups highlight ‘major weaknesses’ in DWP’s current jobcentre employment support offer

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31 October, 2022

Ensuring that reductions in energy costs under the non-domestic Energy Bill Relief Scheme are passed on to those who have heating supplied through communal systems

More Debt news

31 October, 2022

Mayor of London calls for immediate government action as ‘alarming’ new statistics show that number sleeping rough in capital has increased by almost a quarter over last year

More Housing news

31 October, 2022

Scottish Government publishes estimated take-up rates of its devolved social security benefits for the first time

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31 October, 2022

Freezing or reducing rents to protect those on the lowest incomes is a ‘very unpredictable and inefficient policy tool’, warns CIH Northern Ireland

More Housing news