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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.

12 May, 2021

DWP indicates that it has limited the amount that can be deducted from universal credit to pay court fines to 5 per cent of the standard allowance

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11 May, 2021

Plans for a Bill to ‘preserve the integrity of judicial review for its intended purpose’ outlined in Queen’s Speech

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11 May, 2021 Open access

Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased risk of minimum wage underpayment, says Low Pay Commission

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11 May, 2021

Queen’s Speech sets out government’s plan to ‘tackle the inconsistency and ambiguity of ground rents for future leaseholders’

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11 May, 2021

Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) seeks views on arrangements for publishing and reporting its decisions

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11 May, 2021

Government says it is ‘committed’ to improving adult social care system and will bring forward proposals for reform during 2021

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11 May, 2021

SSAC raises concerns that suspension of deductions from benefits for claimants in a Breathing Space moratorium may not lead to increased benefit payments in all cases

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10 May, 2021

PCS expresses concern that DWP is ignoring key safety control measures for staff carrying out video calls

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10 May, 2021

Ministry of Justice publishes ‘framework’ outlining the approach that it will take in evaluating the HMCTS Reform programme

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10 May, 2021

Lucy Powell appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Housing

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10 May, 2021

Court of Appeal considers reasonableness of conditions imposed on landlord in relation to its failure to carry out a consultation in line with the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 before carrying out major works

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10 May, 2021

Insolvency Service confirms changes to Debt Relief Order eligibility limits

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10 May, 2021

Extension of the age ranges for which the care leavers and homeless hostel exemptions from the shared accommodation rate of LHA apply in Northern Ireland

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10 May, 2021

Employment case law round up

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7 May, 2021

DWP issues notice of potential funding for delivery of universal credit new claims telephone and digital support service from April 2022

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7 May, 2021

Homelessness support and advice organisations condemn government’s plans to use rough sleeping as grounds for refusing or cancelling permission to be in the UK

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7 May, 2021

Government’s plan to add more people to those subject to the no recourse to public funds condition is a ‘disaster waiting to happen’, says Shelter

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7 May, 2021

Court of Appeal considers whether Equality Act 2010 provisions for remedies in a case of unintentional unlawful indirect discrimination are incompatible with EU law

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6 May, 2021

Extension of the age ranges for which the care leavers and homeless hostel exemptions from the shared accommodation rate of LHA apply

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