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12 October, 2021

HMCTS announces award of contract for delivery of support for people who find it difficult to access online services

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12 October, 2021

For the purposes of a funeral expenses payment, a funeral is an event involving final disposal of the deceased’s body and ceremonies closely related to that in nature, time, and place

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12 October, 2021

Lump sum advance payments of earnings cannot be disaggregated and notionally attributed to other weeks beyond the period in which they were actually paid in order to meet the first contribution condition for new-style JSA

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12 October, 2021

Number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits decreased by more than 20 per cent in the year to August 2021

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12 October, 2021

DWP issues amending regulations to clarify that information it shares with local authorities can be used for purposes relating to housing benefit

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11 October, 2021

Court of Appeal rules that universal credit benefit cap earnings assessment is not irrational and unlawful in the case of a four-weekly paid claimant

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11 October, 2021

Scottish Government publishes progress update on Ending Homelessness Together action plan

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11 October, 2021

DWP issues amending regulations to clarify when benefit sanctions can be escalated

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11 October, 2021

Amendments to social security regulations in Northern Ireland in relation to rights of third-country nationals lawfully living and working in the UK after exit from the EU

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11 October, 2021

Employment case law round up

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8 October, 2021

Welsh Government launches consultation on increasing income thresholds for collecting unpaid council tax through an Attachment of Earnings Order

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8 October, 2021

Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill passed unanimously by Scottish Parliament

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8 October, 2021

Exception to bedroom tax for claimants living in a social sector property that has been adapted under a sanctuary scheme

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8 October, 2021

Retaining measures in expired Temporary Insolvency Practice Direction concerned with permanent changes to the way insolvency business is handled in the courts

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8 October, 2021

Housing Ombudsman makes two findings of severe maladministration concerning housing association’s failure to deal with damp and mould in tenant’s home

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7 October, 2021 Open access

Household Support Fund should primarily be used for essential costs but may be used for housing costs in ‘exceptional cases of genuine emergency’, says DWP

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7 October, 2021

DWP issues guidance on claimants without a status under the European Union Settlement Scheme at end of application grace period on 30 June 2021

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7 October, 2021

Social Security Advisory Committee sets out its strategic objectives for 2021/2022

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7 October, 2021

Scottish Government to go ahead with protections within children’s rights legislation despite Supreme Court ruling that parts of it falls outside competence of Scottish Parliament

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