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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.

14 November, 2023

DWP says it is reviewing its staff guidance on acceptable evidence of refugee status for those who have not yet received a Biometric Residence Permit

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14 November, 2023

Cost of living payments offer only a short-term reprieve for many and are insufficient to meet the scale of the problem

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14 November, 2023

Government consults on draft regulations that ensure seafarers operating in UK waters receive pay equivalent to at least the national minimum wage

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14 November, 2023

Scottish Parliamentary Committee launches consultation on Bill designed to improve the experience of people using services provided by Social Security Scotland

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14 November, 2023

Welsh Government launches consultation on proposals to reform the council tax system in Wales

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13 November, 2023

Lee Rowley becomes 16th new Housing Minister since 2010

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13 November, 2023

Victoria Atkins appointed as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

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13 November, 2023

Northern Ireland Commissioner rules that UK is the competent State for paying PIP daily living component despite claimant receiving exportable Invalidity Pension from another Member State

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13 November, 2023

Scottish Housing Minister and COSLA call on UK government to end LHA freeze

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13 November, 2023

Miscellaneous amendments to Renting Homes Regulations in Wales

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13 November, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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10 November, 2023

Government is unprepared to even assess the challenges that ‘riddle’ the supported housing sector in England, let alone address them

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10 November, 2023

Tribunal’s failure to apply discretion to average weekly earnings of carer’s allowance claimant whose earnings fluctuated amounted to error of law

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10 November, 2023

More than £1 billion of the £1.74 billion the government committed to the reform of adult social care has been diverted to other care priorities

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10 November, 2023

Government lays draft regulations to reform retained EU employment law

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10 November, 2023

Limiting rights of public sector employers to take union subscriptions from their employees

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9 November, 2023

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry to examine effectiveness of statutory sick pay

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9 November, 2023

DWP Permanent Secretary confirms that powers used to distribute Household Support Fund cannot be used to support those with NRPF

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9 November, 2023

DWP confirms that the ‘Verify’ system introduced to carer’s allowance in 2018 to automate identification of overpayments has saved the Department more than £130 million to date

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