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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.

10 July, 2018

Justin Tomlinson appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the DWP

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10 July, 2018

Matt Hancock appointed as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

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10 July, 2018

British Social Attitudes survey for 2017 finds attitudes are softening towards unemployed people

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10 July, 2018

Tenants on universal credit are more than twice as likely to be in arrears compared to all other tenants

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9 July, 2018

17 per cent of new claims for universal credit do not receive full payment on time

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9 July, 2018

One in seven older people are living with unmet care needs - an increase of 19 per cent in two years

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9 July, 2018

Employment case law round up

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6 July, 2018

Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2018

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6 July, 2018

No plans to change PIP terminal illness rules in Northern Ireland

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6 July, 2018

Reasonable for tribunal not to adjourn ESA appeal to seek PIP evidence, and not to refer to PIP award in its reasons

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6 July, 2018

Repayment of postgraduate doctoral degree loans paid by the Welsh Ministers

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5 July, 2018

MPs and peers react to Work and Pensions Secretary's 'unsatisfactory' and 'extraordinary' response to urgent question on universal credit

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5 July, 2018

Unless claimants are unable to stand safely for more than a few minutes when preparing and cooking a meal, they are unlikely to reasonably require a perching stool as an aid

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4 July, 2018

Secretary of State apologises for 'inadvertently misleading' the House of Commons over NAO report on universal credit

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4 July, 2018

Work and Pensions Secretary's universal credit statement to Parliament was 'not correct', says National Audit Office

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4 July, 2018

Successful delivery of DWP's 'People and Locations Programme' is in doubt, says Infrastructure and Projects Authority

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4 July, 2018

Additional amounts for children and qualifying young persons in pension credit awards in Northern Ireland

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