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18 January, 2022

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration after council failed to deal with mould growth in resident’s home for several months

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17 January, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that agreement allowing a partner in an accountancy firm to stay on beyond normal retirement date was a ‘once and for all event’ for the purposes of deciding whether a discrimination claim had been brought in time

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17 January, 2022

Prescribed model written statements for ‘occupation contracts’ under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

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17 January, 2022

Employment case law round up

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14 January, 2022

Requirement that second homes in England must be let for a minimum of 70 days a year to qualify for a council tax exemption to be introduced from April 2023

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14 January, 2022

Less than 3 per cent of Flexible Support Fund expenditure in 2020/2021 supported claimants with childcare costs

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14 January, 2022

Department for Communities announces £55 million funding for an Energy Payment Support Scheme

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13 January, 2022

Parliamentary Ombudsman calls on government to ‘urgently rectify injustice’ to more than 118,000 claimants who were underpaid ESA on transfer from incapacity benefits

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13 January, 2022

Work and Pensions Committee uses parliamentary powers to obtain copy of DWP-commissioned research report after Secretary of State repeatedly refuses to publish it

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13 January, 2022 Open access

Welsh Government extends Tenancy Hardship Grant eligibility conditions to include rent arrears built up between July and December 2021

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13 January, 2022

Miscellaneous amendments to council tax reduction schemes in England for 2022/2023

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12 January, 2022

Supreme Court rules that leaseholders’ ‘right to manage’ one of ten blocks on an estate did not extend to management of shared estate facilities

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12 January, 2022

Government launches consultation on plans to reform the leasehold and commonhold systems in England and Wales

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12 January, 2022

Increasing benefits by 6 per cent in April 2022 would prevent a £290 real fall in ongoing benefit income for 10 million households

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12 January, 2022

Welsh Government announces intention to implement the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 on 15 July 2022

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12 January, 2022

Supplementary provisions to be incorporated into new ‘occupation contracts’ in Wales subject to provisions within Renting Homes Wales Act 2016

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12 January, 2022

Explanatory information for written statements of new ‘occupation contracts’ in Wales

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12 January, 2022

Requirement for landlord to ensure that dwelling is fit for human habitation under Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

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12 January, 2022

Property Chamber issues practice statement on the matters a tribunal in England should consider when appointing a manager in order to resolve property management issues

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