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News and case law

Almost 135,000 people currently have an outstanding carer’s allowance debt, with more than £250 million owed in total

Providing for victims of forced marriage or transnational marriage abandonment to be eligible for housing and homelessness assistance

Government launches consultation on clarifications to TUPE provisions in light of case law that has ‘introduced uncertainty’

High Court rules that council tax listing officer’s decision to list each en-suite bedroom in shared flats separately, rather than treat them as a single dwelling, was lawful

Claimant was not entitled to be passported to maximum housing benefit during period that she had a ‘nil award’ of universal credit

‘National Landlords Register’ needed to help manage and enforce standards in the private rented sector, says Labour-commissioned review

Money Advice Trust welcomes government’s proposed Share Once Support Register that will ensure extra support is available from utility companies when vulnerable consumers need it

Select Committee calls for government to urgently propose remedy for women affected by DWP state pension age failures

Reports and briefings

The fight for home is a fight against racism

Poverty stigma: A glue that holds poverty in place

Caught up in the net: How universal credit benefit suspensions are affecting people who come to Citizens Advice for help

Discussion

Multiple MR for UC

Landlords duties to notify Council tax

CAN SOMEONE HELP?: free NHS treatment and NICs

Rightsjobs

Senior Debt Adviser

Debt Caseworker

Crisis Navigator

Training and events

Claimants and custody

Get to Grips with Disability Living Allowance for Children

Challenging the recovery of benefits overpayments and hardship payments