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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.

12 February, 2025

DWP commits to addressing all underpayments of the transitional SDP element by August 2025

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12 February, 2025

Government signals intention to ‘crack down’ on exploitative behaviour by rogue and criminal supported housing landlords

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12 February, 2025

Motion calling for measures to ‘reduce and remove’ the universal credit five-week wait agreed in the Northern Ireland Assembly

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12 February, 2025

Disregarding payments from the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme as income or capital for purposes of specified means-tested benefits in Northern Ireland

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12 February, 2025

Providing for one-off emergency fuel payments in Northern Ireland to mitigate the impact of the changes to winter fuel payment eligibility

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11 February, 2025

DWP expects percentage of face-to-face health assessments to increase ‘towards Autumn 2025’

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11 February, 2025

Where LCWRA element replaces carer element in a universal credit award, the transitional SDP element should only be eroded by the difference between the two

More Welfare rights case law

11 February, 2025

Treatment of infected blood compensation payments from the estate of a deceased infected person in the calculation of capital for housing benefit

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11 February, 2025

Scottish Government to ‘explore options and build a consensus’ for potential reform of council tax

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10 February, 2025

High Court considers whether a house in multiple occupancy should be assessed as a single dwelling or separate dwellings for council tax purposes

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10 February, 2025

Commons Public Bill Committee issues call for evidence on Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

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10 February, 2025

Latest DWP figures show that the majority of work capability assessments are still completed by telephone

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10 February, 2025

Commencement of Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 provisions in relation to leaseholders making Right to Manage claims

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10 February, 2025

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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10 February, 2025

Removal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland as a recognised body capable of authorising its members to act as insolvency practitioners

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7 February, 2025

Court of Appeal rules that judicial review is not the appropriate remedy for a claimant who could have invoked statutory reviews in relation to council’s defective PRSO letter and decision to cease main housing duty

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7 February, 2025

‘Relevant period’ started running on date of self-certification in universal credit journal, and continued running despite 10-month delay in submitting first fit note

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