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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.

13 July, 2022

DWP issues guidance on social security coordination rules under the Withdrawal Agreement following the UK’s exit from the EU

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12 July, 2022

Ministry of Justice announces £4 million funding for organisations helping people most in need to address their social welfare and family legal issues

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12 July, 2022

Public Law Project calls for greater transparency about DWP’s use of algorithms to stop universal credit payments when fraud is suspected

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12 July, 2022

TUC’s call for MPs to reject ‘pernicious’ anti-union measures that allow the use of agency workers during strikes fails to prevent approval of new legislation

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12 July, 2022

Welsh Government launches consultation on reforms to council tax including revaluation of all properties in Wales

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11 July, 2022

Select Committee launches inquiry into effectiveness of employment support programmes including Kickstart, Restart, Way to Work and the Work and Health Programme

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11 July, 2022

Judiciary and the MoJ outline next steps in longstanding shared ambition to create ‘One Judiciary’

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11 July, 2022

Government sets out plans to use curfew orders to strengthen existing child maintenance enforcement powers

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11 July, 2022

Continuation of the Warm Home Discount Scheme in England and Wales until 2026

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11 July, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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8 July, 2022

Government makes appointments to DWP’s Ministerial team

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8 July, 2022

Government announces delay to introduction of social care reforms that would give all self-funders the right to access care at lower local authority rates

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8 July, 2022

Parliamentary Committees say the DWP must lay a bereavement benefits Remedial Order for a second time before Parliament goes into summer recess

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8 July, 2022

DWP Minister says that a ‘fundamental re-design’ of universal credit would be required to adjust assessment period dates to support people claiming the childcare element

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8 July, 2022

New Bill introduced to make provision for paid leave for people who have experienced miscarriage

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8 July, 2022

TUC calls on government to recognise long Covid as a disability

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8 July, 2022

New regulations issued to enable Department for Communities to begin sending out managed migration notices in Northern Ireland

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8 July, 2022

MSPs launch consultation on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

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8 July, 2022

Government’s response to Welsh Affairs Committee report on the benefits system in Wales ‘leaves numerous questions unanswered’

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