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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.

1 November, 2023

Scottish Government introduces Bill to improve the experience of people using the services provided by Social Security Scotland

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1 November, 2023

Scottish Government urged to take opportunity presented by introduction of new pension age disability benefit to reconsider justification for excluding a mobility component

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31 October, 2023

More than 60 per cent of people see fraud and error in the welfare benefits system as a big problem

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31 October, 2023

Bill to remove the ‘two child limit’ among proposed new legislation that will make no further progress following end of 2022/2023 parliamentary session

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31 October, 2023

High Court rules that a local authority’s decision not to accommodate a disabled asylum seeker, based on its assessment that his care and support needs were not accommodation-related, was unlawful

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31 October, 2023

Scottish Government sets out ‘positive changes’ introduced to Job Start Payment

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30 October, 2023

Court of Appeal rules that property guardian companies were subject to local authority licensing requirements and were running unlicensed HMOs

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30 October, 2023

LGA calls on government to use Autumn Statement to restore LHA rates to 30th percentile

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30 October, 2023

Introduction of Carer Support Payment in Scotland

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30 October, 2023

Scotland’s latest Ending Homelessness Together report shows Ministers ‘still have their heads in the sand’ about the housing emergency

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30 October, 2023

Welsh Government confirms continuation of policy of no evictions due to financial hardship for social sector tenants that engage with their landlords

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30 October, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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30 October, 2023

Exemption from requirement to satisfy habitual residence test or past presence test in Northern Ireland for people fleeing the conflict following the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023

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27 October, 2023

EHRC calls for urgent changes to government’s WCA consultation to ensure that disabled people are able to engage with the process

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27 October, 2023

Public Bill Committee launches call for views on Renters (Reform) Bill

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27 October, 2023

High Court rules that Secretary of State’s decision to house vulnerable asylum seeker in Swindon, away from his support network in South London, was unlawful

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27 October, 2023

Court of Appeal upholds High Court ruling that Housing Act 1985 provisions that prevented family member from succeeding to a secure tenancy when tenant was absent due to ill health before her death are lawful

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27 October, 2023

Government to go ahead with proposal to deliver framework that ensures that all HMOs are valued as single properties for council tax purposes

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27 October, 2023

Amendment of residence rules for devolved benefits in relation to certain persons arriving in Scotland from Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Lebanon

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