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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.

1 June, 2022

Private contractors set out their views about how the assessment process for health-related benefits could be improved

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1 June, 2022 Open access

Eligibility for housing and homelessness assistance for people who have limited leave to remain granted under the Ukraine Scheme Appendix to the Immigration Rules following application made in UK

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1 June, 2022

Almost 200,000 additional financial and care needs assessments will be needed as a result of government’s social care reforms

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1 June, 2022 Open access

Suspension of provisions that enable students in Scotland to bring a student residential tenancy to an end for a reason relating to coronavirus

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1 June, 2022

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

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31 May, 2022

Government confirms intention to launch new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service in place of the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme

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31 May, 2022

High Court rules that housing association must give more than a ‘generic’ decision when refusing a management transfer on grounds of domestic abuse

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31 May, 2022

High Court of Northern Ireland considers whether refugees who left Syria several years ago suffered ‘recent trauma’ in their current accommodation to qualify for additional points under Housing Executive allocation scheme

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31 May, 2022

Implementation of Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 delayed until 1 December 2022

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31 May, 2022

Scottish Government outlines measures it is taking to tackle child poverty and support households with the cost of living

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30 May, 2022

Old style ESA claimant who claimed universal credit six months after ESA ended was entitled to receive LCWRA element immediately on account of previous determination of LCWRA and national insurance credits entitlement

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30 May, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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27 May, 2022 Open access

DWP confirms that Industrial Injuries Advisory Council is investigating whether long Covid should be prescribed as an occupational disease

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27 May, 2022

DWP issues guidance on cost of living support payments to be delivered through the benefits system

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27 May, 2022

Scottish Government announces that it will begin roll out of Scottish carer’s assistance by the end of 2023 before full national introduction in Spring 2024

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27 May, 2022

HMRC research finds that non-compliance with high income child benefit charge was, in general, not an ‘active or intentional decision’

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27 May, 2022

Petitions Committee calls for government to clarify its plans for new parents’ employment rights in the absence of an Employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech

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26 May, 2022

One-off £650 cost of living payment to be made to all households on DWP and HMRC means-tested benefits

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26 May, 2022

Amendments to ‘managing medication’ criteria in PIP activity 3 in 2017 were not ultra vires, did not breach human rights law, and DWP’s failure to consult on them was not unlawful

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