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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.

22 July, 2020

Permanent Secretary assures MPs that, under DWP’s new safeguarding policy, a case conference will be held before a decision is made to stop a claimant’s benefit

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22 July, 2020

DWP Minister confirms Department has no plans to extend the legacy benefit run-ons introduced today to tax credit claimants moving to universal credit

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22 July, 2020 Open access

Secretary of State confirms that DWP is not actively seeking to apply sanctions during coronavirus outbreak

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22 July, 2020

Evidence looks ‘pretty clear’ that five week wait for universal credit has become a negative ‘life event’ that can cause rent arrears, Select Committee says

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22 July, 2020 Open access

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has paid out almost £30 billion since its launch in April 2020

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22 July, 2020

Narrowing the scope of exceptions to applicability of National Minimum Wage Act 1998 for people working offshore

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21 July, 2020 Open access

Judiciary publishes new Practice Direction in relation to how possession proceedings are to proceed after stay on evictions ends on 23 August 2020

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21 July, 2020

Government rejects SSAC’s recommendation for policy changes in housing support to enable non-resident parents to have their children stay overnight

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21 July, 2020

National Fraud Initiative identifies £35 million of potential housing benefit overpayments in England

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21 July, 2020

Government’s Disability Unit announces launch of Disabled People’s Organisations Forum

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21 July, 2020

Law Commission publishes recommendations to reform residential leaseholder rights in England and Wales

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20 July, 2020

High Court rules that universal credit benefit cap earnings assessment is irrational and unlawful in case of a four-weekly paid claimant

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20 July, 2020 Open access

Minister confirms that a pilot for telephone work capability assessments was rolled out from 4 May 2020 where only limited capability for work-related activity recommendations were made

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20 July, 2020 Open access

Response time for phone calls to universal credit has returned to pre-COVID levels, advises Minister

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20 July, 2020

Claimant satisfaction with the DWP dropped by 5 per cent to 81 per cent between 2016/2017 and 2018/2019

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20 July, 2020 Open access

Government makes £266 million available to local authorities to continue supporting people provided with emergency accommodation during pandemic

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20 July, 2020 Open access

Further amendment of the Civil Procedure Rules to take effect from date the current stay on evictions is due to lifted

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20 July, 2020

Employment case law round up

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17 July, 2020 Open access

Civil Procedure Rules amended to provide for how possession proceedings are to proceed after stay on evictions ends on 23 August 2020

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