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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 March, 2024

Labelling ‘normal ups and downs’ as medical conditions holds people back and drives up benefits bill, says Work and Pensions Secretary

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22 March, 2024

Shelter calls for DWP to pause migration of housing benefit-only claimants to universal credit to avoid increased risk of rent arrears and homelessness

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22 March, 2024

Minimum service levels during strikes for fire and rescue authorities in England

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22 March, 2024

Lords Select Committee criticises government for ‘sitting on its hands’, having failed to establish a property agent regulator on the recommendation of independent working group four years ago

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22 March, 2024

FCA, Ofcom, Ofwat and Ofgem issue joint letter on how firms in respective sectors should support customers in financial difficulty

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22 March, 2024

High Court dismisses claimant’s deposit penalty claim despite landlord failing to comply with specific requirements about information provision under statutory scheme

More Housing case law

22 March, 2024

Unpaid carers forced to reduce working hours to remain eligible for carer’s allowance for fifth consecutive year

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22 March, 2024

Ensuring that increase in benefit cap levels in Northern Ireland from April 2023 continues in force

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21 March, 2024

MPs call for ‘uprating guarantee’ for working-age benefits and local housing allowance

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21 March, 2024

Parliamentary Ombudsman recommends that DWP compensates women affected by its failure to adequately communicate changes to state pension age, and asks Parliament to intervene to hold it to account

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21 March, 2024

DWP administrative exercise has identified almost 100,000 cases of underpaid state pension

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21 March, 2024

New poverty and low income statistics suggest that this parliament is on course to be the worst on record for living standards

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21 March, 2024

Ombudsman issues Adverse Findings Notice to nursing home who failed to refund fees paid after resident passed away

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21 March, 2024

Miscellaneous amendments to regulations relating to regulated care services in Wales

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21 March, 2024

Temporary modification of method used by rent officers or First-tier Tribunal for Scotland to determine rent increases in Scotland following expiry of emergency rent control measures

More Housing news

21 March, 2024

Average Band D council tax bills in England to increase by just over 5 per cent in 2024/2025

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20 March, 2024

Years of fragmented funding and absence of clear roadmap have brought adult social care sector in England ‘to its knees’

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20 March, 2024

Miscellaneous amendments to primary and secondary legislation as a consequence of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023

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20 March, 2024

Minimum wage rates for agricultural workers in Scotland 2024/2025

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