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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 April, 2024

Court of Appeal considers whether the right of first refusal provided to qualifying tenants under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 had priority over the rights of a ‘recalcitrant’ freeholder

More Housing case law

5 April, 2024

Unpaid carers in Northern Ireland will be ‘left behind’ if new carer’s leave entitlement in Great Britain is not introduced in the region

More Employment news

4 April, 2024

MaPS needs to place greater emphasis on funding local, community-based debt advice services

More Debt news

4 April, 2024

Amendments to social security legislation including in relation to the ongoing migration of legacy benefit claimants to universal credit

More Welfare rights news

4 April, 2024

High Court rules that decision taken by Birmingham City Council not to substantively change its charging policy following Norfolk case was not manifestly without reasonable foundation given its 'exceptional financial circumstances'

More Community care case law

4 April, 2024

Court of Appeal finds that where leasehold agreement provided for lessor to pay a 'proportion' of service charge relating to particular estate, landlord was not entitled to apply flat rate charge across all estates

More Housing case law

3 April, 2024

Consultation launched on proposed revision of the Supreme Court Rules

More Welfare rights news

3 April, 2024

Preserving current methods of presenting responses to Employment Tribunal claims until new digital case management system is fully rolled out

More Employment news

3 April, 2024

Government welcomes 'significant milestone' in its work to deliver decent homes for social housing residents in England

More Housing news

3 April, 2024

Court of Appeal upholds council’s review decision that a one-bedroom flat allocated to a homeless, separated parent was suitable despite evidence of a pending shared care order for his children

More Housing case law

3 April, 2024

Consultation on proposed changes to ET and EAT procedural rules consequent upon the Tribunal Procedure Committee taking over responsibility for making them

More Employment news

3 April, 2024

Housing benefit administration subsidy arrangements for local authorities in 2024/2025

More Welfare rights news

3 April, 2024

Scottish Government highlights evidence of how benefits administered by Social Security Scotland are supporting the achievement of a fairer Scotland

More Welfare rights news

3 April, 2024

Systemic failure is now impacting the delivery of homelessness services in some areas of Scotland

More Housing news

2 April, 2024

Crisis welcomes reports that MPs are seeking to remove clauses from Criminal Justice Bill that would criminalise rough sleeping

More Housing news

2 April, 2024

Housing Minister sets out ‘improvements’ being made to Renters Reform Bill following concerns raised by MPs

More Housing news

2 April, 2024

Increasing rights in relation to making flexible working requests

More Employment news