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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.

1 July, 2021

In-work Progression Commission publishes ‘call to action’ urging government and employers to ‘act now’ to support people out of low pay

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1 July, 2021 Open access

Number of individuals on furlough reduced by more than a million in month to 31 May 2021

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1 July, 2021

Bill to give workers the right to flexible working from first day of employment receives first reading in House of Commons

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1 July, 2021

Office for Statistics Regulation questions Prime Minister’s statement that there are fewer households with children in poverty than 10 years ago

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30 June, 2021 Open access

Rough sleeping in London rose by 3 per cent in 2020/2021 despite Covid-19 efforts to keep people off the streets

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30 June, 2021

Northern Ireland Communities Minister announces plan to extend terminal illness provision in social security benefits

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30 June, 2021 Open access

New £10 million grant scheme launched in Wales to help private tenants in rent arrears due to pandemic

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30 June, 2021 Open access

Extension of temporary Insolvency Practice Direction that adapts court processes to assist court users during the continuing Covid-19 pandemic

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30 June, 2021

Bill to provide for statutory paid bereavement leave following death of close family member or partner receives first reading

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29 June, 2021

Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal against High Court decision that treatment of maternity allowance as unearned income for the purposes of universal credit is not unlawful

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29 June, 2021

Government confirms that more than 300,000 universal credit claims where the LHA does not cover the rent are subject to a deduction for a payment advance

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29 June, 2021

Number of households in temporary accommodation in Scotland increased by 12 per cent over the last year

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29 June, 2021

MPs say the ‘time is now’ for the government’s long-promised Employment Bill

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28 June, 2021

‘Past presence test’ for Scottish Adult Disability Payment to be reduced to 26 out of 52 weeks

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28 June, 2021 Open access

Scottish government publishes joint statements from landlords reaffirming their commitment to supporting tenants facing difficulties during the pandemic

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28 June, 2021

Urgent action needed on ethnicity pay gap reporting to help transform understanding of race inequality at work

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28 June, 2021

Court of Appeal considers whether a ‘reconstitution’ of a default notice is sufficient for a creditor to establish that it complied with the statutory requirements when serving it

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28 June, 2021

Employment case law round up

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25 June, 2021 Open access

High Court rules that Home Secretary’s failure to accommodate destitute refused asylum seekers during Covid-19 outbreak does not breach rights under the ECHR

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