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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.

26 September, 2022

DWP Permanent Secretary outlines groups who may have been underpaid state pension but who are not included in the Department’s LEAP exercise

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26 September, 2022

Labour would reform jobcentres and employment services through active help and support instead of threats and sanctions

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26 September, 2022

More than a million private renters in England had a rent increase in the last month

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26 September, 2022

‘Urgent and impactful’ action needed if government is to meet its manifesto commitment to end rough sleeping in England by 2024

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26 September, 2022

Calculation and payment of housing benefit subsidy for 2021/2022

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26 September, 2022

Increase in the universal credit administrative earnings threshold in Northern Ireland

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26 September, 2022 Open access

Continuation of suspension of waiting days for SSP in Northern Ireland where incapacity for work due to sickness from Covid-19 that commenced on or before 24 September 2022

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26 September, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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23 September, 2022

‘Woefully inadequate’ mini-budget wilfully ignores those struggling through the cost of living emergency

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23 September, 2022

Chancellor announces further increase in universal credit administrative earnings threshold

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23 September, 2022

More than 12,000 universal credit claimants with an amount deducted for a sanction failed to qualify for the first cost of living payment as a result of a nil award

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23 September, 2022

Removal of requirement for budgeting loan awards to be agreed in writing before payment released in Northern Ireland

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23 September, 2022

Agricultural Advisory Panel for Wales launches consultation on proposed changes to the current Agricultural Wages Order arrangements to apply from 1 April 2023

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22 September, 2022

Government commits £500 million of additional funding to ‘help people get out of hospitals and into social care support’

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22 September, 2022

Government introduces Bill to reverse April 2022’s national insurance increase to fund health and social care and next year’s Health and Social Care Levy

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22 September, 2022

Government issues Ministerial Direction to implement £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme

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22 September, 2022

Number of households in England threatened with homelessness due to service of a Section 21 notice more than doubled in 2021/2022

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22 September, 2022

Audit Scotland warns that longer-term planning needed if Scottish Government is to reach 2030 child poverty target

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22 September, 2022

Real living wage increases by more than 10 per cent to £10.90 in the UK and £11.95 in London to reflect increasing cost of living

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