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Welfare rights

DWP confirms timetable for resumption of face-to-face assessments for health and disability benefits

Radical rethink of Scottish social security policy needed to ‘heal the wounds’ of Covid-19 without further widening inequalities

Social security information-sharing powers in Scotland relating to GPs, local authorities and accredited disability vehicle schemes

Benefit uprating 2021/2022 in Northern Ireland

Debt

Debt ‘roadmap’ urgently needed for the 1 in 3 adults financially worse off as a direct result of Covid-19

High Court of Northern Ireland considers whether mortgagee must add the Crown to proceedings before claiming possession of a property that was held and then disclaimed by trustee in bankruptcy

Housing

High Court considers whether to make a mandatory order requiring a council to provide suitable accommodation to a disabled woman who had been in unsuitable temporary accommodation for five years

Employment

Employment case law round up

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