Whether footballer’s repeated head injuries were a ‘process’ rather than accidents for IIDB purposes @leigh-day.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68293

Lib Dems commit to rolling out ‘Law Start Centres’ in every community www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68297

Foster carers seek Supreme Court ruling in landmark employment case www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68294

We just added a new vacancy listing from Birmingham Settlement: - Debt & Welfare Benefits Adviser - 35 hours per week - Salary: £29,063 pa - Location: Birmingham - Deadline: 23 October, 2025 More information: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

We just added a new vacancy listing from the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham: - Financial Inclusion Strategy Lead - 36 hours a week - £56,436 - £59,574 per annum - Location: London, W6 - Deadline: 10 October, 2025 More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

We just added a new vacancy listing from Lambeth Council: - Welfare Benefit Adviser - 36 hours a week - £41,580 rising to £42,861 inc LW - Location: Hybrid working - Deadline: 12 October, 2025 More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

Nucleus Legal Advice Centre are recruiting for a volunteer Triage Officer www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68280

A heads-up that the deadline for Z2K's recruitment is coming up: - Senior Caseworker - 35 hours per week - £40,016 - Location: Westminster, London / Hybrid - Deadline: 25 September, 2025 More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

Just added: Legal Action Group’s Community Care Law Conference 2025 www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68274

Volunteers keep justice alive in places where it’s needed most www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68269

Double prejudice: Disabled older workers almost twice as likely to experience negative treatment when applying for jobs or promotions www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68248

We just added a new vacancy listing from Luton Irish Forum: - Welfare Case Officer - 35 hours per week - £27,000 - Location: Luton - Deadline: 17 October, 2025 More information: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

Co-chair of government’s child poverty taskforce says two-child limit is ‘spiteful’ and has punished and pushed children into hardship www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68259

High Court quashes local authority’s council tax reduction scheme @tomroyston.bsky.social @gcnchambers.bsky.social @leigh-day.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68257

A heads-up that the deadline for Citizens Advice Camden's recruitment is coming up over the weekend: - Adviser - 28 hours per week - £32,760 to £34,110 FTE - Location: Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 - Deadline: 22 September 2025 More information: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

£3.8m from unclaimed damages in a collective action to be provided to the Access to Justice Foundation www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68253

Baroness Hale: Justice system has been starved of the resources it needs to do the job we all need it to do www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68242

Who will care?: How can we meet the scale of the care challenge? @ippr.org www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68245

For most low- to middle-income households, even working full-time does not allow them a dignified standard of living @jrf-uk.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68237

Councils should proactively identify people that need support in dealing with council tax debt @institutema.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68235

Families have suffered from £20,000 of lost living standards growth over the past 20 years @resfoundation.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68234

How do people already out of employment fare when the state pension age rises? @theifs.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68221

Impacts of increasing the state pension age for women are closely linked to employment histories @theifs.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68225

Official statistics on numbers claiming out-of-work benefits are ‘wildly misleading’ @benbgeiger.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68229

Publication of legal aid quarterly statistics postponed due to cyber security incident www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68212

CPAG: Two-child limit will impact 1 million children in working families next month www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68214

Law Commission recommends ‘most substantial change to disabled children’s social care law since the Children Act 1989’ www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68219

Motion calling for the removal of the two-child limit passes in the Commons www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68222

We just added a new vacancy listing from Citizens Advice Westminster: - Advice Manager - Debt - 4-5 days a week - £42,012 FTE - Location: Westminster, Hybrid - Deadline: 30 September 2025 More information: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

Court of Appeal gives permission to appeal in challenge to operation of the ‘rape clause’ in the two-child limit @tomroyston.bsky.social @cpaguk.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68211

Social Security system is ‘too complex, fragmented and passive’, with more than £24 billion going unclaimed in 2025 www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68188

Fabian Society: Towards a National Occupational Health Service to keep people well in work www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68192

Inaugural Advising Londoners Awards open for nominations www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68199

Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68191

Coming up in Parliament ... ... this week's social welfare law highlights ... www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68175

More MPs call on the government to scrap the two-child limit www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68177

We just added a new vacancy listing from Maggie's: - Benefits Advisor - 37.5 hours a week - £28,889 - £34,541 - Location: Forth Valley - Deadline: 5 October, 2025 More information: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

AdviceUK members: Have your say in this year’s #AdviceSaves survey @adviceuk.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68173

A heads-up that the deadlines for these great opportunities we have listed are coming up over the next few days: - Welfare Benefits Specialist: Frenkel Topping Ltd - Head of Social Policy: New Economics Foundation - Advice Supervisor: Citizens Advice Camden www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68172

TUC: Government’s plan for young people must go further www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68149

Citizens Advice: Rising water bills mean one in five households now struggle to pay www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68158

Timms Review: Work and Pensions Committee requests clarification of co-production arrangements in first step of its ongoing scrutiny www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68156

Justice Minister: We recognise there has been increased pressure on advice services www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68142

Universal Credit Bill was never just about tightening the eligibility criteria www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68147

Urgent action needed if government’s Youth Guarantee is to be successful www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68148

Ombudsman takes unusual step of writing to the Housing Secretary after a council refused to accept recommendation on abuse survivor’s complaint www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68139

Low-income families were an ‘afterthought’ in pandemic response @cpaguk.bsky.social @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68136

We just added a new vacancy listing from the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution: - Regional Support Manager (South Wales) - 35 hours per week - £32,460 (plus £2,500 car allowance) - Location: South Wales - Deadline: 9 October 2025 More information: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

More than 30 MPs call on the government to action Poverty Strategy Commission’s recommendation to scrap the two-child limit www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68138

Kemi Badenoch: Let’s agree a way to bring welfare spending down and work together in the national interest www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68134