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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.

2 August, 2021

High Court considers whether respondent in bankruptcy proceedings had established a change of position, and whether this was a relevant factor in the court’s determination to grant no relief

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2 August, 2021

Employment case law round up

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30 July, 2021

Radical overhaul of the DWP’s approach to employment support needed to break down unacceptable barriers faced by disabled people

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30 July, 2021

TUC calls on government to ban use of umbrella companies to employ agency staff

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29 July, 2021

Court of Appeal rules that a Rent Repayment Order can only be made against an immediate landlord

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29 July, 2021

Tribunal found to have breached procedural rules in relation to panel composition, appearance of bias, and limiting claimant’s rights to withdraw appeal

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29 July, 2021

Department for Communities confirms Steps 2 Success programme closed for all participants with effect from 31 March 2021

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29 July, 2021 Open access

Number of individuals on furlough drops below two million for first time since CJRS introduced

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28 July, 2021

Government sets out plans to ‘make the world of work more inclusive and accessible’ for disabled people as part of new National Disability Strategy

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28 July, 2021

82-year-old claimant who was ‘drowned in paperwork’ could not reasonably have been expected to realise that local authority error in treatment of Teachers’ Pension meant he was being overpaid

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28 July, 2021

Labour Party announces plan to give workers automatic right to flexible working

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28 July, 2021

Success of Housing First’s flexible delivery model is being put at risk by ‘broken’ systems and services it needs to interact with

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28 July, 2021

Systemic issues are indicative of a general erosion of the visibility, capacity and status of councils’ complaint functions, says Ombudsman

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27 July, 2021

Urgent reform of legal aid needed to ensure that the most vulnerable have access to justice, say MPs

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27 July, 2021

Labour Party announces policy intention to create a single status of ‘worker’

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27 July, 2021

Housing Minister announces £3.7 million Respite Rooms Trial Programme to provide accommodation and support for victims of violence and abuse

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27 July, 2021

Government must learn from the success of its Covid-19 response and continue its increased investment in homelessness services

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27 July, 2021

When a claimant’s experienced representative does not address an issue raised by an appeal, the First-tier Tribunal is still under a duty to consider it

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27 July, 2021

Enhancement to state pension accrued through living and working in New Zealand is not payable where claimant is not resident in the UK or EEA or Switzerland

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