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15 October, 2019

New Scottish young carer grant will open for applications on Monday 21 October 2019

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15 October, 2019

Scottish Social Security Minister announces £0.5 million funding to support advice organisations with benefit take-up work

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15 October, 2019

Government’s failure to agree social care funding model continues to drive instability in sector, CQC warns

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15 October, 2019

Welsh Government announces short term measures it will take to tackle rough sleeping this winter

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14 October, 2019

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

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14 October, 2019

Queen’s Speech introduces new Bill to create a legal obligation for employers to pass on tips to workers in full

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14 October, 2019

Commitment to bring forward proposals to reform adult social care in England set out in Queen’s Speech

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14 October, 2019

High Court considers whether a local authority had discharged its duties under section 193 of the Housing Act in two separate offers of accommodation

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14 October, 2019

Government confirms plans to place statutory duty on local authorities to provide support to survivors of domestic abuse in safe accommodation

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14 October, 2019

Employment case law round up

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11 October, 2019

Around 760 claimants in Northern Ireland have received PIP arrears payments since start of review exercise following Upper Tribunal decisions relating to mobility activity 1

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11 October, 2019

Evaluation of DWP universal credit in-work progression trial finds small positive earnings impact from more intensive work coach support

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11 October, 2019

Parliamentary Ombudsman says it will ‘take some time’ to decide whether to investigate complaints about women’s state pension age changes following High Court judgment

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11 October, 2019

Miscellaneous amendments to the council tax reduction scheme in Scotland

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11 October, 2019

Supporting ‘stay at home’ ethnic minority women towards employment

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10 October, 2019

Labour Leader restates commitment to scrap universal credit

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10 October, 2019

Amendments to provisions relating to intentionality and local connection in Scottish homelessness legislation

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10 October, 2019

Amendments to social security legislation relating to Scotland to give effect to agreements between UK and Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on citizens’ rights when UK exits from the EU

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10 October, 2019

Council found to be at fault for failing to reassess disabled woman’s care plan for five years

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