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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.

24 August, 2020

Whether council’s policy in relation to charges made for community care services under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 was amenable to judicial review

More Community care case law

24 August, 2020 Open access

Rushed and premature return to bailiff activity will put people at risk, says StepChange

More Debt news

24 August, 2020 Open access

Relaxation of evidence requirements for help with NHS costs during the COVID-19 pandemic

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24 August, 2020

Employment case law round up

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21 August, 2020 Open access

Stay on possession proceedings in England and Wales extended to 20 September 2020

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21 August, 2020

High Court considers challenge to suitability of emergency accommodation on affordability grounds where claimant had not yet claimed housing benefit to cover rent liability

More Housing case law

21 August, 2020 Open access

Scottish Child Payment to open for applications in November 2020, with payments to start at end of February 2021

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21 August, 2020 Open access

Six million people have fallen behind on bills because of coronavirus, with carers, shielders and key workers hardest hit

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20 August, 2020

Resignation of the head of the Rough Sleeping Taskforce ‘raises serious questions’ about the government’s strategy on rough sleeping

More Housing news

20 August, 2020

DWP enters legal agreement with the EHRC to improve services for people with hearing impairments

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20 August, 2020

DWP updates guidance on whether cash sickness benefits can be paid to a claimant habitually resident in another EEA Member State or Switzerland

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20 August, 2020

Reciprocal arrangements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland in relation to universal credit

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20 August, 2020

Secretary of State issues Directions to authorise electronic claims for maternity allowance, funeral expenses payments and Sure Start maternity expenses

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20 August, 2020

Almost 300,000 claims made to Self-Employment Income Support Scheme on day it reopened for the second tranche of applications

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20 August, 2020 Open access

Government must ‘grasp the nettle’ and fix social care once and for all, says NHS Confederation

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20 August, 2020

Almost 30 per cent of council tax valuation challenges in England and Wales resulted in a decrease in the band applied during 2019/2020

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20 August, 2020

Number of households in temporary accommodation was in excess of 90,000 at end of March 2020, up by almost 10 per cent compared to same time last year

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