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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.

23 January, 2020

Rented Homes Bill receives first reading in House of Lords

More Housing news

23 January, 2020

Introduction of two weeks’ paid bereavement leave following the loss of a child

More Employment news

23 January, 2020

Ombudsman criticises council for reducing disabled man’s care package solely on financial grounds and without identifying suitable alternative care

More Community care news

23 January, 2020

Overcrowding at highest rate it has ever been in social rented sector

More Housing news

23 January, 2020

Investigation of offences under the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

More Welfare rights news

22 January, 2020

DWP to provide first update on progress of universal credit managed migration pilot ‘in the Spring’

More Welfare rights news

22 January, 2020

Atos letter inviting claimant to HCP consultation did not impose legal requirement to attend

More Welfare rights case law

22 January, 2020

Social Security Commission calls on Scottish Government to work towards automatic awards of Scottish Child Payment and more frequent payment options

More Welfare rights news

22 January, 2020

Northern Ireland Communities Minister confirms commitment to extending welfare mitigation measures beyond March 2020

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21 January, 2020

During October 2019, just over 4,000 new claims for universal credit were made by phone

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21 January, 2020

MPs vote in favour of government’s legislative programme as set out in the Queen’s Speech

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21 January, 2020

Changes to universal credit have had more of an eye on operational simplicity, or altering human behaviour, than on supporting families in need

More Welfare rights news

21 January, 2020

30 per cent of Scottish housing has some instance of urgent disrepair

More Housing news

21 January, 2020

Money and Pensions Service launches ten year UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing

More Debt news

21 January, 2020

Petition presented to government requesting that bonus payments made to employees should be treated as capital rather than salary for the purposes of universal credit

More Welfare rights news

21 January, 2020

Factors to be considered in deciding whether a room can be classified as a bedroom

More Welfare rights case law

21 January, 2020

More than a third of Scottish households are ‘financially vulnerable’, without savings to cover basic living costs for three months

More Debt news