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Welfare rights news
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16 May
DWP missed opportunities to detect potential problems at A4e, says National Audit Office
New report finds that level of fraud in current employment programmes are low, yet risks remain
16 May, 2012
David Cameron considering further £25bn of welfare cuts
Report that plans include further housing benefit cuts and 'mark two' universal credit
16 May, 2012
Whether refusal of child tax credit to substantial minority carer is discriminatory under the European Convention on Human Rights
New Supreme Court judgment
16 May, 2012
Changes to lone parent obligations for those whose youngest child is aged 5 or above
New DWP guidance
16 May, 2012
Treating hospital in-patients as having limited capability for work
New DWP guidance
16 May, 2012
15 May
DWP terminates Mandatory Work Activity contract with A4e for the South East
Minister for Employment identifies 'serious weaknesses' in A4e's internal controls
15 May, 2012
Amount of local housing allowance where extra bedroom required due to needs of disabled person
New Court of Appeal judgment
15 May, 2012
Work Programme providers may be paid over £1bn for 'outcomes that would have been achieved without the Programme'
New Public Accounts Committee report also questions ability of providers to meet targets in face of difficult economic conditions
15 May, 2012
Child benefit reforms ‘a disaster waiting to happen’
Institute of Chartered Accountants warns that benefit could be paid in one year to one person and recovered the following year from someone else
15 May, 2012
14 May
Supersession of decisions made by former appeal tribunals and Commissioners
New statutory instrument corrects drafting errors in Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008
14 May, 2012
Income support for lone parents with a child under the age of five
New commencement order in relation to the Welfare Reform Act 2009
14 May, 2012
Iain Duncan Smith defends plan to take 500,000 claimants off disability benefits
Cost of disability living allowance rising well ahead of illness, sickness and disability, says Secretary of State
14 May, 2012
11 May
DWP letters to lone parent claimants with child approaching seven years being sent in error
New HB guidance
11 May, 2012
Claimants’ views on personal independence payment application process
New DWP research highlights claimants' expectations that they will not be treated well
11 May, 2012
10 May
Second Welfare Reform Act 2012 commencement order
New statutory instrument brings into force provisions relating to claimant commitment, sanctions and civil penalties
10 May, 2012
519,000 claimants accepted on to Work Programme from June 2011 to January 2012
New DWP statistics also show that 90.7 per cent were on jobseeker's allowance and 8.5 per cent on employment and support allowance
10 May, 2012
9 May
Right to reside of parents and primary carers of children in education
New DWP guidance revises earlier advice to decision makers
09 May, 2012
New Pensions Bill introduced in Queen’s Speech
Bill will create 'a fair, simple and sustainable foundation for private saving', says government
09 May, 2012
DWP letters to people affected by next year’s benefit cap ‘going to the wrong people’
Report that letters sent to exempt households, including those with disabled children, and to those with benefit income less than level of cap
09 May, 2012
8 May
Increased financial penalty for benefit fraud of up to £2,000 in force from today
'We are getting tougher and no one will escape justice with a mere slap on the wrists', say Lord Freud
08 May, 2012
Excessive travel time and ‘good cause’ for failure to comply with jobseeking requirement
New DWP guidance
08 May, 2012
4 May
Disability living allowance reform to cost £710m but reduce benefit expenditure by £2.24bn
New DWP impact assessment on introduction of personal independence payment
04 May, 2012
SSAC publishes response to DWP consultation on PIP assessment thresholds
Committee's suggestions include that estimated 500,000 people who will lose benefit when DLA ends should receive transitional protection
04 May, 2012
3 May
Cuts in support for borrowers 'will put upward pressure on mortgage arrears and possession', says Council for Mortgage Lenders
New annual report also says that payment of housing benefit direct to tenants will not encourage lending to social housing sector
03 May, 2012
Work Choice excluded from Youth Contract employment subsidies
'Major oversight' not to include young disabled jobseekers, says Employment Related Services Association
03 May, 2012
