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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.

22 February, 2022

Extension of Restart Scheme to include income-based JSA claimants

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21 February, 2022

DWP confirms further extension of its Train and Progress initiative that allows universal credit claimants to take part in full-time training

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21 February, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that a claimant could rely on occupation of temporary accommodation after his right to occupy ended as a ‘new fact’ that supported a subsequent homeless application

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21 February, 2022

Court of Session finds employee was still entitled to be paid bonuses after their employment contract came to an end by reason of redundancy

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21 February, 2022

Lords Committee raises concerns about whether Judicial Review and Courts Bill ‘achieves the right balance between efficiency and access to justice’

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21 February, 2022

Expert group to be established in Wales to take forward plans to create a National Care Service that will be ‘free at the point of need’

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21 February, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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18 February, 2022 Open access

High Court dismisses judicial review challenge to decision not to extend Covid-19-related universal credit uplift to legacy benefits

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18 February, 2022

Exception from the requirement to accept a claimant commitment in universal credit and ESA for those with a terminal illness

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18 February, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that an agency worker’s right to be informed by a hirer of any relevant vacant posts does not extend to include an implicit right to then apply and be considered for those posts

More Employment case law

17 February, 2022

Pilot scheme testing universal credit in-work conditionality extended for 12 months to February 2023

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17 February, 2022

Mrs Justice Eady appointed President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in England and Wales

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17 February, 2022

Requirement to consider ‘real world’ market when valuing a jointly owned property occupied by someone who is unwilling to sell

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17 February, 2022

Acas publishes new bereavement guidance for employers and employees

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17 February, 2022

Restrictions on landlords giving notice under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

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16 February, 2022

Welsh Government to launch pilot of basic income for care leavers in 2022/2023

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16 February, 2022

Tribunals should consider Practice Direction relating to vulnerable adults when assessing whether it is reasonable for a claimant with mental health problems to participate in a telephone hearing

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16 February, 2022

Former Director for access to justice policy at the MoJ appointed as new Chief Executive of HMCTS

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16 February, 2022

High Court rules that legislation that protects pension rights of those made bankrupt in the UK unlawfully discriminated against a bankrupt who had rights under an Irish pension scheme

More Debt case law

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