Government announces plans to make the right to request flexible working a day one right, as well as new entitlements for unpaid carers.
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This paper collates data on the number of applications and total support provided under the UK Government coronavirus business support schemes. The attached excel spreadsheet allows users to view data by Parliamentary constituency and local authority.
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The gulf between what the public expects and what it actually gets, when it comes to adult social care, has been starkly illustrated in the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s latest annual review of complaints.
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A draft of a proposed remedial order to extend eligibility to Widowed Parent’s Allowance and Bereavement Support Payment to surviving cohabitees with dependent children following the McLaughlin (2018) and Jackson (2020) judgments.
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The effects of the pandemic should not be measured in mortality alone. The suspension of routine NHS care has affected people’s health and wellbeing – with the significance of this depending on the type of condition or treatment delayed.
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Solidarity in a crisis? Trends in attitudes to benefits during COVID-19
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New analysis of the £20 a week cut to Universal Credit and the rising cost of Living.
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Oct
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The Government will reform leasehold tenure and make buying/extending lease agreements “easier, faster, fairer and cheaper”. There’ll be a two-part legislative process. This page explains what’s known about the reforms and timetable.
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Official statistics on statutory homelessness in England for the 2020-21 financial year.
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This paper covers how leaseholders in flats can gain consent to home adaptations. It covers the issue of adaptations in the common parts of residential buildings.