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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 December, 2019

Increasing council tax to support the delivery of social care is not a sustainable solution, says Local Government Association

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23 December, 2019

Department for Communities confirms launch of pilot mediation service for the private rented sector in Northern Ireland

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23 December, 2019

Government confirms release of £263 million to support local authorities in England to eliminate homelessness and rough sleeping

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20 December, 2019

Three out of the five benefits measured against decision making and accuracy standards in Northern Ireland failed to meet or exceed those standards in 2018

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20 December, 2019

EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill provides Ministers with power to regulate for circumstances in which courts and tribunals can depart from existing EU caselaw

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20 December, 2019

Government removes protections for workers’ rights from EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

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20 December, 2019

Whether a claimant's inability to read English is relevant when assessing the ability to understand communication / whether a claimant must have difficulties with understanding both written and spoken communications

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20 December, 2019

Northern Ireland Department for Communities forecasts that more than 40,000 claimants will be affected by cessation of welfare reform mitigation measures in 2020/2021

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20 December, 2019

Scottish Government commits to introduction of legislation to improve and maintain tenement flats across Scotland

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19 December, 2019

Government announces plan to introduce a minimum award length for personal independence payment

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19 December, 2019

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill announced in today’s Queen’s Speech

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19 December, 2019

Queen’s Speech introduces new Renters’ Reform Bill that will abolish ‘no-fault’ evictions and create ‘lifetime deposits’

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19 December, 2019

Government sets out commitment to seek cross-party consensus on proposals to reform social care in Queen’s Speech

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19 December, 2019

Queen’s Speech introduces new Employment Bill to ‘enhance workers’ rights and support flexible working’

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19 December, 2019

HMCTS announces introduction of a ‘Manage Your Appeal’ online service

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19 December, 2019

Scale of the £12 billion welfare cuts that were announced in the 2015 Summer Budget ‘proved greater than was politically deliverable’

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19 December, 2019

10 million people across England are living in homes that don’t meet the government’s basic standard of decency

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19 December, 2019

Welsh Government announces new five-year rent policy for social housing

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19 December, 2019

Scottish Government responds to consultation on the Job Grant

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