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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.

29 January, 2024

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

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29 January, 2024

Scottish Government sets out the new 2024/2025 benefit rates for devolved social security assistance

More Welfare rights news

29 January, 2024

Northern Ireland’s Housing Executive rent levels set to increase by 7.7 per cent in 2024/2025

More Housing news

26 January, 2024

Local authority was entitled to decide that tenant with ADHD and autism who was being evicted on anti-social behaviour grounds did not qualify to be placed on housing waiting list

More Housing case law

26 January, 2024

High Court rules that appellant who brought a section 204 Housing Act 1996 appeal against the wrong respondent is permitted to substitute the correct respondent by amendment

More Housing case law

26 January, 2024

Removal of £20 application fee for child support maintenance

More Welfare rights news

26 January, 2024

Scottish Government appoints Edel Harris to chair Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment

More Welfare rights news

26 January, 2024

Welsh Government sets out ‘clearer strategic direction for ending homelessness in Wales’ in a new Outcomes Framework

More Housing news

25 January, 2024

DWP to contact pension age tax credit claimants from August 2024 to ask them to apply for either universal credit or pension credit depending on their circumstances

More Welfare rights news

25 January, 2024

Government rejects Select Committee’s recommendations to consider widening eligibility for any future cost of living support payments

More Welfare rights news

25 January, 2024

Ombudsman criticises council for failing to account for a homeless family’s disability and schooling needs when assessing suitability of interim accommodation

More Housing news

25 January, 2024

Removal of ‘live-in domestic worker exemption’ from minimum wage entitlement

More Employment news

25 January, 2024

Increase in maximum amount of ‘right to rent’ civil penalty from £3,000 to £20,000

More Housing news

25 January, 2024

Increase in maximum amount of ‘right to work’ civil penalty from £20,000 to £60,000

More Employment news

25 January, 2024

Scottish Government confirms successful projects awarded Cash First Funding designed to reduce the need for emergency food parcels and food banks

More Welfare rights news

25 January, 2024

Assessment of income and capital for the purposes of charging for residential care in Scotland 2024/2025

More Community care news

24 January, 2024

Government to provide local authorities with additional £500 million funding for social care in 2024/2025

More Community care news

24 January, 2024

APPG for Ending Homelessness calls for government action to prevent vulnerable people becoming homeless on leaving the care of public services such as hospitals, prisons and asylum accommodation

More Housing news

24 January, 2024

Workload issues are having a significant negative effect on how people feel about working in the money advice sector

More Debt news

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