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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.

21 December, 2020 Open access

DWP breaches Civil Service Commission’s rules for work coach recruitment

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21 December, 2020

Restricting new claims for housing benefit from claimants relying on the SDP Gateway

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21 December, 2020

Court of Appeal considers whether Blue Badge award following Consent Order was ‘wholly successful’ outcome of litigation so that Costs Order should be granted in favour of claimant

More Community care case law

21 December, 2020

Chair of Work and Pensions Committee expresses concern that significant number of people calling Debt Management are still unable to get through despite DWP action to improve service

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21 December, 2020 Open access

Almost three million people may have been excluded from the CJRS and SEISS, yet the government failed to evaluate the schemes or make any substantial changes before extending them

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21 December, 2020

Government announces £310 million for councils in England to help tackle homelessness in 2021/2022

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21 December, 2020

DWP reminds local authorities of duty to refer ‘pre-1996’ housing benefit cases to Rent Officer for subsidy purposes

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21 December, 2020 Open access

Number of ‘employments’ furloughed stood at 2.4 million at 31 October 2020, a reduction of 73 per cent since the peak in May 2020

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21 December, 2020

Government publishes national insurance contribution rates, limits and thresholds for 2021/2022

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21 December, 2020

Acquisition of a sufficient quantity of suitable properties is the ‘greatest challenge and ongoing risk’ to scaling up Housing First

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21 December, 2020

Employment case law round up

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18 December, 2020

Court of Appeal rules that government acted unlawfully in barring EU citizens from relying on ‘pre-settled status’ to access universal credit

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18 December, 2020

DWP confirms that more than 340,000 households have universal credit benefit cap grace period that is due to end between December 2020 and March 2021

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18 December, 2020 Open access

Insecure workers are three times more likely to have been made to work while ill during COVID-19

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18 December, 2020

DWP figures show increase in percentage of universal credit claims closed as result of failed habitual residence test

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18 December, 2020

Run-on of universal credit in assessment period that claimant reaches state pension age

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18 December, 2020

Revocation of legislation giving effect to agreements between UK and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland on citizens’ rights following the UK’s exit from the EU

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18 December, 2020

Revocation of EU social security co-ordination regulations from 31 December 2020

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17 December, 2020 Open access

Government announces extension of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to the end of April 2021

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