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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.

7 September, 2017

Amendment of budgeting loan rules relating to the requirement to have been in receipt of a qualifying benefit for a period of 26 weeks

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7 September, 2017

Homelessness framework in Wales has had ‘overwhelmingly positive impacts’, say Crisis and JRF

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7 September, 2017

Council’s errors handling children’s complaints causes injustice, Ombudsman finds

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6 September, 2017

Consumer credit complaints to the Financial Ombudsman increase by almost a fifth

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6 September, 2017

Bill introduced in Scotland to enable reclassification of social housing providers

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6 September, 2017

Loan payments to replace support for mortgage interest from 6 April 2018 in Northern Ireland

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5 September, 2017

Scottish First Minister outlines plans to make Scotland fairer and more equal

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5 September, 2017

Scotland to take ‘necessary steps’ to extend free personal care to all who need it regardless of age

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5 September, 2017

Scottish Government confirms plan to create new £10m a year ‘Ending Homelessness Together’ Fund

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5 September, 2017

Right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal after refusal of a late application for mandatory reconsideration

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5 September, 2017

Disregard of payments from schemes helping those affected by Thalidomide or infected blood when calculating means tested benefits

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5 September, 2017

Increase in banding rates for Employment Tribunal awards for injury to feelings

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4 September, 2017

Concept of a simple meal must, in material respects, be the same for all claimants without reference to cultural or religious requirements

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4 September, 2017

Council asked to repay debt caused by over-calculating its contribution towards care home fees

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4 September, 2017

New guidance issued to help Scottish councils deliver effective regulation of landlord registration

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4 September, 2017

Employment case law round up

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1 September, 2017

UN Committee raises concerns about the impact of austerity measures on disabled people

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1 September, 2017

United Nations Committee raises concerns about the pay gap for people with disabilities

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1 September, 2017

UN Committee raises concerns about lack of support for disabled people to live independently in UK

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