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    <updated>2013-05-21T13:40:08Z</updated>
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      <title>Government announces reduction in ongoing collection charge for Child Maintenance Service</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18501</id>
      <published>2013-05-21T11:53:07Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-21T13:40:08Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>tony benjamin</name>
            <email>tbenjamin@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       However, £20 application fee remains unchanged
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      <title>Work Programme failing to assist the most disadvantaged, says Work and Pensions Committee</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18497</id>
      <published>2013-05-21T11:47:29Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-21T11:47:30Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>ros</name>
            <email>rwhite@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       New report finds that, whilst programme is improving for mainstream jobseekers, differential pricing structure 'is not a panacea for tackling creaming and parking'
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      <title>DWP ordered to publish names of companies involved in employment programmes</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18493</id>
      <published>2013-05-20T14:15:37Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-20T14:19:38Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>ros</name>
            <email>rwhite@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       Court rejects argument that disclosure would have 'devastating' effect on companies participating in schemes 
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    <entry>
      <title>Universal credit and discretionary housing payments</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18495</id>
      <published>2013-05-20T13:57:50Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-20T14:30:51Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>ros</name>
            <email>rwhite@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       New statutory instrument
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    <entry>
      <title>DWP delays publication of official statistics for new jobseeker&#8217;s allowance sanctions regime</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18489</id>
      <published>2013-05-20T10:14:46Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-20T10:41:47Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>ros</name>
            <email>rwhite@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       Preparation of statistics, that include breakdown by Jobcentre Plus office, raises 'significant doubts' about their quality
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    <entry>
      <title>More than 20,000 London households to lose benefit as a result of the benefit cap</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18488</id>
      <published>2013-05-17T15:30:25Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-17T15:50:26Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>shawn</name>
            <email>smach@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       New government figures also highlight that more than 7,000 households will lose more than £100 a week
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    <entry>
      <title>Universal credit claimants moving out of Pathfinder areas</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18487</id>
      <published>2013-05-17T13:32:17Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-17T14:05:18Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>tony benjamin</name>
            <email>tbenjamin@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       New HB guidance
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    <entry>
      <title>DWP online application service &#8216;unreliable and problematic&#8217;</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18485</id>
      <published>2013-05-17T12:25:17Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-17T13:30:18Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>tony benjamin</name>
            <email>tbenjamin@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       Work and Pensions Minister acknowledges that existing system cannot offer reasonable customer service
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    <entry>
      <title>Direct Payment Demonstration Projects extended for further six months</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18480</id>
      <published>2013-05-16T13:51:15Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-16T14:50:16Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>ros</name>
            <email>rwhite@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       Announcement by Lord Freud as new DWP figures show average rent collection rate of 94 per cent across projects
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      <title>DWP to lead governmental review of the freedom of movement of EEA nationals and their family members</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18479</id>
      <published>2013-05-16T13:47:06Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-16T14:33:07Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>shawn</name>
            <email>smach@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       Public call for evidence launched to gather views on how current powers are used, and 'what that means for Britain'
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      <title>Inquiry by DWP Work Services Director finds evidence of sanctions targets</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18478</id>
      <published>2013-05-16T12:44:57Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-16T15:38:58Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>ros</name>
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       However, report to Secretary of State says that, whilst targets are unacceptable, it is appropriate to give staff  'an idea of what might be expected in their local area and for their size of caseload'
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      <title>DWP publishes terms of reference for independent review of benefit sanctions</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18476</id>
      <published>2013-05-16T11:41:55Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-16T12:24:56Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>ros</name>
            <email>rwhite@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       Review to evaluate information provided to claimants about sanctions and make recommendations about how that information can be improved
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    <entry>
      <title>EHRC intervenes in ‘bedroom tax’ case in the High Court today</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18464</id>
      <published>2013-05-15T13:09:09Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-15T15:07:10Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>tony benjamin</name>
            <email>tbenjamin@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       Challenge to new housing benefit regulations on ground that they discriminate against disabled claimants
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    <entry>
      <title>Number of jobseeker&#8217;s allowance sanctions more than doubles between 2001 and 2011</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18463</id>
      <published>2013-05-15T12:04:48Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-15T14:35:49Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>ros</name>
            <email>rwhite@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       New DWP figures show rise from 279,840 in 2001 to 668,790 in 2011
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    <entry>
      <title>No indications that &#8216;bedroom tax&#8217; will lead to evictions, says Pensions Minister</title>
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      <id>tag:rightsnet.org.uk,2013:/6.18455</id>
      <published>2013-05-14T14:22:30Z</published>
      <updated>2013-05-14T14:22:31Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>ros</name>
            <email>rwhite@lasa.org.uk</email>
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       However, written answer to parliament also confirms that DWP has comissioned independent monitoring of new measure that includes effect on evictions
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