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23 June, 2022

Government to introduce legislation allowing businesses to supply agency workers to fulfil duties of employees who are on strike

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23 June, 2022

Scottish and Welsh Governments set out opposition to UK Government plan to repeal the Human Rights Act

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23 June, 2022

Committee of Advertising Practice warns insolvency practitioners and lead generators that they must be extremely careful to ensure their advertising is responsible and does not mislead

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23 June, 2022

Just 5 per cent of tax credits error and fraud favouring the claimant is down to fraudulent activity

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23 June, 2022

Transfer of working age DLA claimants in Scotland to adult disability payment, and miscellaneous amendments in relation to devolved disability benefits

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23 June, 2022

Scottish Parliament votes in favour of motion to consider recovering Energy Bills Support Scheme payments from owners of second homes and long-term empty homes

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23 June, 2022

Government publishes statutory guidance for enforcement authorities in England on the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022

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23 June, 2022

Ombudsman finds Croydon Council at fault after assessing one bed temporary accommodation as suitable for a family of five

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22 June, 2022

Bill to repeal and replace Human Rights Act receives first reading in House of Commons

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22 June, 2022

Government confirms that cost of living payments will not affect entitlement to means-tested benefits or tax credits

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22 June, 2022

Welsh Government announces third tranche of regulations to implement the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

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22 June, 2022

Period of jurisdiction on appeals against decisions undertaken as part of a Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practices exercise

More Welfare rights case law

22 June, 2022

Select Committee recommends DWP undertake detailed review of how child maintenance system interacts with wider welfare and separated families policies

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21 June, 2022

High Court rules that government’s ‘no recourse to public funds’ policy continues to fail to comply with legal obligation to safeguard and promote the welfare of children

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21 June, 2022

TUC says government’s plan to lift ban on agency workers filling in during strikes is ‘unworkable’

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21 June, 2022

More than 70,000 universal credit households came off the benefit cap following withdrawal of the £20 Covid-19 uplift

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21 June, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that general damages awarded for breach of repairing covenant are within category of case that can be subject to the 10 per cent uplift authorised in Simmons v Castle

More Housing case law

21 June, 2022

Tribunal Procedure Committee consults on making online system for filing documents mandatory for certain parties to Upper Tribunal proceedings

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21 June, 2022

Ombudsman finds severe maladministration in relation to how housing association handled hate-crime incident

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