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9 March, 2021 Open access

Secretary of State confirms she did not ask Chancellor to extend £20 uplift to legacy benefits in lead up to Budget

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9 March, 2021

Tribunal erred in law by failing to refer an NI contributions late payment issue arising in a state pension appeal to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for onward referral to HMRC

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8 March, 2021

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions granted one month extension on all deadlines relating to proceedings in the Upper Tribunal which fall during March 2021

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8 March, 2021

Home Office introduces new safeguards for rough sleepers before discretionary grounds for refusing or canceling permission to be in the UK are used

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8 March, 2021

Ensuring that uprating of guardian’s allowance does not apply where the claimant is living abroad

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8 March, 2021

Responsibility for legal aid policy at the MoJ passes to Lord David Wolfson

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8 March, 2021 Open access

Scottish Government extends application window for interest-free loans scheme for tenants who are struggling with rent arrears during Covid-19 crisis

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8 March, 2021

Amendments to student loan repayment arrangements in Northern Ireland to enable electronic communication of information notices to borrowers

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8 March, 2021

Charging and providing direct payments for social care in Wales 2021/2022

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8 March, 2021

Employment case law round up

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5 March, 2021 Open access

Ban on enforcement of eviction orders in Scotland extended to 30 September 2021

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5 March, 2021

DWP rejects SSAC’s recommendation that housing benefit savings credit uplift should be maintained permanently for younger partner in mixed-age couple following separation or bereavement

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5 March, 2021

Legal case challenging council’s practice of accommodating homeless female domestic abuse survivors in shared hostels with men succeeds prior to hearing

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5 March, 2021

Pensions Minister provides update on work to reimburse people who have lost out on state pension entitlement as a result of DWP’s failure to apply an automatic uplift

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5 March, 2021 Open access

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee launches inquiry into long-term funding of adult social care following Covid-19 pandemic

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5 March, 2021 Open access

Government issues guidance on £500 one-off payment for working households receiving tax credits announced in Budget 2021

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5 March, 2021

Minister for Women and Equalities calls on employers to make flexible working a standard option for employees

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5 March, 2021

Provision to limit right to obtain the freehold of a shared ownership lease under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 and the Rent Act 1977

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4 March, 2021 Open access

Government urged to think again about its ‘unacceptable’ decision to cut the incomes of millions of families by more than £1,000-a-year in six months’ time

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