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22 October, 2021

DWP confirms that administrative exercise to correct state pension payments identified more than £60 million in underpayments by 30 September 2021

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22 October, 2021

Almost one million universal credit or housing benefit claimants had rent liabilities that exceeded their local housing allowance in May 2021

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22 October, 2021

We can’t build a mobile society without a more equal society, but Britain today is far from equal, say outgoing Social Mobility Commissioners

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22 October, 2021

More than 150,000 vulnerable households are in ‘dangerously under-regulated’ exempt accommodation

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22 October, 2021

Northern Ireland Judiciary issues new pre-action protocol for mortgage possession proceedings in respect of residential properties

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22 October, 2021 Open access

Extension of period over which Covid-19-related easements to employment and support allowance rules remain in force

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22 October, 2021

DWP confirms that number of new temporary jobcentres has risen to 177

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21 October, 2021

Government rejects Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s call for council tax reform

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21 October, 2021

Independent Case Examiner reports ‘steady stream’ of cases where misdirection from DWP staff led to people making inappropriate claims for universal credit

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21 October, 2021

Consultation launched on the regulation of interest-free ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ loan products

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21 October, 2021

Northern Ireland’s House Sales Scheme for housing association tenants to close on 27 August 2022

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21 October, 2021

Third of low-income households are in arrears on essential bills or credit commitments

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21 October, 2021

Ombudsman criticises council for its failure to explain impact of decision to change treatment of a property in its care charging assessment

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20 October, 2021

Crucially important that judicial review is not ‘used as a political tool by those who have already lost the arguments’, says Attorney General

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20 October, 2021

Bill extending entitlement to parental bereavement leave and pay to parents of miscarried or stillborn babies receives first reading in House of Commons

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20 October, 2021

Bill providing right to statutory paid leave for workers who are victims/survivors of domestic abuse in Northern Ireland receives first reading

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20 October, 2021

Welsh Government confirms universal basic income pilot will be introduced in 2022/2023

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20 October, 2021

Consultation launched on draft national plan to end the need for food banks in Scotland

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20 October, 2021

Scottish Government confirms that process of transferring DLA for children awards to Scottish child disability payment began on 11 October 2021

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