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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 February, 2009

Phased abolition of NHS prescription charges in Scotland

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10 February, 2009

Pregnant intercalating student / whether refusal of benefit contrary to Article 14 of human rights convention

More Welfare rights case law

10 February, 2009

Agoraphobia / whether claimant suffering from a severe mental illness involving the presence of mental disease

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10 February, 2009

Eligible rent / sum payable in respect of bedroom for overnight carer

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10 February, 2009

More than 60,000 pensioners receive incorrect notification of their state pension entitlement from April 2009

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9 February, 2009

Welfare-to-work providers looking for up-front payments worth 50% of contracts on offer

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9 February, 2009

Reviewing the October 2008 changes to the HB/CTB backdating rules

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9 February, 2009

Capping local housing allowance will have disproportionate impact on ethnic minority households

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6 February, 2009

Incapacity for work and ‘substantial risk’ to health if found capable

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6 February, 2009

Need for papers from previous PCA and successful appeal / late application for written statement of reasons

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5 February, 2009

Whether discriminatory to refuse war pension to unmarried surviving partner

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5 February, 2009

Contracting out the administrative work of tribunals

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4 February, 2009

Refusal of child tax credit to substantial minority carer / whether discrimination can be justified

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4 February, 2009

Right to reside / whether claimant retained worker status

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4 February, 2009

Overpayment / failure to disclose material fact

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4 February, 2009

Revenue sets out what it expects of those using its services, and what they can expect of it

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4 February, 2009

Many claimants and other low-income households missing out on fuel help

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