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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.

5 July, 2022

Independent cross-party Poverty Strategy Commission launched to develop ideas for reducing poverty in the UK

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4 July, 2022

Government to remove 10,000 limit on universal credit managed migration, despite Social Security Advisory Committee concerns

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4 July, 2022

Government announces package of measures to drive unscrupulous landlords out of the supported housing sector

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4 July, 2022

Scottish Government and public bodies urged to work together to develop public sector debt management strategy for Scotland

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4 July, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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1 July, 2022

More than £100 million a month is being deducted from claimants’ universal credit payments to repay either advances or overpayments of benefit

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1 July, 2022

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions says she is ‘getting advice’ about when she should next review the level of the benefit cap

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1 July, 2022

Treatment of cost of living payments in local authority assessments of the amounts individuals are required to contribute towards their care and support

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1 July, 2022

Government launches consultation on reforms to funding arrangements for the Homelessness Prevention Grant in England for 2023/2024 onwards

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1 July, 2022

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

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30 June, 2022

Government celebrates success of its ‘any job first’ approach to getting claimants into work

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30 June, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that when a council is deciding intentional homelessness it is not required to consider universal credit rates when assessing a claimant's reasonable living expenses in previous accommodation

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30 June, 2022

StepChange calls for a pause on universal credit deductions for government debt while cost of living crisis continues

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30 June, 2022

Government has failed to make the case for repealing and replacing the Human Rights Act, says parliamentary committee

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30 June, 2022

Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill receives its first reading

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30 June, 2022

More than 60,000 breathing space registrations were made in the first year of the debt respite scheme

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30 June, 2022 Open access

Amendment of council tax rules in Wales for those opening up their homes under the Homes for Ukraine scheme

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