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19 April

Time limiting of contributory employment and support allowance

New HB guidance

19 April, 2012

18 April

Government wins Commons vote on excluding welfare benefits from scope of legal aid

However, legal aid to be allowed in cases going to Upper Tribunal and beyond, with government to look at legal aid for tribunals that involve 'a legal issue'

18 April, 2012

DWP research on work experience scheme shows that participants 16 per cent less likely to be on benefits after 21 weeks

Early figures 'show our voluntary work experience scheme is making a big difference', says Minister for Employment

18 April, 2012

17 April

Recovery of overpaid child benefit and guardian’s allowance

New statutory instrument

17 April, 2012

Government to use ‘financial privilege’ to overturn Lords amendments on legal aid

Use of parliamentary procedure will keep welfare benefits out of the scope of legal aid, except in cases going to upper courts

17 April, 2012

16 April

Government to consider recovering unpaid truancy fines from child benefit

Payment of penalty notices should be 'swift and certain', says Michael Gove

16 April, 2012

Miscellaneous amendments to child support legislation in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

16 April, 2012

13 April

SSAC consults on local housing allowance changes in Northern Ireland

Committee seeks view on regulations that came into force on 2 April 2012

13 April, 2012

11 April

HMRC’s Real Time Information pilot begins

'Both universal credit and Real Time Information are on track and on time', says Lord Freud

11 April, 2012

Amendment of employment and support allowance linking rules in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

11 April, 2012

Domestic violence and jobseeker’s allowance

New DWP guidance

11 April, 2012

Benefit and contribution rates for 2012/2013

New DWP guidance

11 April, 2012

10 April

Amendment of linking rules in employment and support allowance

New DWP guidance

10 April, 2012

Time limiting of contributory employment and support allowance

New DWP guidance

10 April, 2012

DWP publishes equality objectives for 2012-2016

Objectives address key equality issues for claimants and employees, as required by Equality Act 2010

10 April, 2012

HMRC's Real Time Information project runs significant risk of failure, according to Major Projects Authority

Leaked report gives project 'amber' assessment, with risk of further downgrade if progress not made

10 April, 2012

Reporting a death online through the Directgov website

New DWP guidance

10 April, 2012

5 April

Latest benefit cuts will result in ‘major risks’ to family welfare

Good Friday will feel more like 'Bad Friday' for millions of families, says the Child Poverty Action Group

05 April, 2012

Hardship payments for those subject to a mandatory work scheme sanction

New DWP guidance

05 April, 2012

Benefit entitlement for those granted a Destitute Domestic Violence concession from the UK Border Agency

DWP issues new housing benefit guidance

05 April, 2012

Right to reside for primary carers and the European Court’s judgment in ‘Zambrano’

New DWP guidance

05 April, 2012

Recovery of overpaid benefit

New DWP guidance

05 April, 2012

Prescription of osteoarthritis of the knee in carpet fitters and carpet and floor layers as industrial disease

New DWP guidance

05 April, 2012

Miscellaneous amendments to social security legislation

New DWP guidance

05 April, 2012

4 April

Assessment of local housing allowance in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

04 April, 2012

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Number of people who have home care paid by local authority falls by 11 per cent
New figures show that 7,000 fewer older people had their care services fully paid for by a local authority in 2011 compared to 2009, reports guardian.co.uk. (16 May, 2012)
Unemployment falls by 45,000
New Office for National Statistics figures show that the unemployment rate has decreased to 8.3 per cent of population. (16 May, 2012)
Predicted rise in number of people facing serious debt problems
Recent Insolvency Service figures show a 27.2 per cent decrease in bankruptcies, however Debt Relief Orders have increased by 16.3 per cent and Individual Voluntary Arrangements have risen by 8.1 per cent, reports Money Advice Trust. (16 May, 2012)
Equality Act 2010: consultation on employer liability for harassment of employees by third parties
Government Equalities Office consultation seeks views on government's proposal to repeal provisions in Equality Act 2010 which make employers liable for harassment of their employees by third parties over whom they do not have direct control. (16 May, 2012)
Significance of family to homeless young people
Centrepoint publishes report that considers how young people understand the role of family and why some familial relationships break down. (16 May, 2012)
Consultation on proposals to streamline employment tribunal process
New Government Equalities Office consultation seeks views on removing employment tribunals’ power to make wider recommendations in discrimination cases; and the procedure for obtaining information. (16 May, 2012)
Hounga v Allen & Anor
New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether the fact that an employee was working illegally affected her claim for dismissal on racially discriminatory grounds. (15 May, 2012)
D (A Child)
New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether local authority has duty to provide care to child whose mother is also a child, in the care of another local authority. (15 May, 2012)
Number of men in part-time employment has doubled over last four years
TUC analysis, ahead of unemployment figures published tomorrow, also shows that number of under-employed women has increased by 74 per cent, bringing the total number of people in involuntary part-time work to 1.38m. (15 May, 2012)
Rural Housing at a Time of Economic Change
New research published by Commission for Rural Communities develops a new understanding for rural areas of the changing levels of rents, migration and the impact of new government policies on affordable housing and housing benefit. (15 May, 2012)
Experiences of forced labour in the UK food industry
New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report shows that some migrants are working under threatening and inhumane conditions for little or no pay, in parts of the food industry. (15 May, 2012)
Almost nine in ten apprentices satisfied with their training
Skills Minister John Hayes announces that results from new Apprentice Learner Survey show that apprentices are getting promoted, improving their confidence and talking on more responsibility in the workplace. (15 May, 2012)
Money Advice Trust response to MoJ Transforming bailiff action consultation paper
Charity would like to see a statutory body responsible for regulating activities of all bailiffs as regulation should be independent and impartial. (14 May, 2012)
Employment case law round up
Latest decisions added to the Tribunals Service website. (14 May, 2012)
Government plans to move care from acute hospitals to community settings a ‘facade’
Royal College of Nursing survey shows that only six per cent of community nurses said they had time to meet the needs of their patients, and almost all said that their caseload had increased over the last year. (14 May, 2012)

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Debt

Predicted rise in number of people facing serious debt problems
Recent Insolvency Service figures show a 27.2 per cent decrease in bankruptcies, however Debt Relief Orders have increased by 16.3 per cent and Individual Voluntary Arrangements have risen by 8.1 per cent, reports Money Advice Trust. (16 May, 2012)
Money Advice Trust response to MoJ Transforming bailiff action consultation paper
Charity would like to see a statutory body responsible for regulating activities of all bailiffs as regulation should be independent and impartial. (14 May, 2012)
DWP seeks views on expansion of credit unions
Informal request, following yesterday's report, as part of ongoing dialogue with the credit union sector and those interested in its development. (11 May, 2012)
DWP Credit Union Expansion Project
New report considers how credit unions could serve one million more people as an alternative to high cost lenders and loan sharks. (10 May, 2012)
Number of repossessions unchanged from same quarter last year
Council of Mortgage Lenders report also shows a fall in number of mortgages in arrears. (10 May, 2012)
Fall in insolvency numbers ‘driven solely by drop in bankruptcies’, according to Money Advice Trust
Chief Executive says that many people can't afford the £700 it costs to go bankrupt, leaving them 'in a financial black hole'. (04 May, 2012)
Treasury sub-Committee publishes terms of reference for inquiry into Money Advice Service
Written evidence, on questions including whether the service is meeting its objectives, to be submitted by 1 June 2012. (03 May, 2012)
Government departments increasingly using services of debt collection agencies
New figures also show that almost £60bn of unpaid consumer debt had been passed to debt collection agencies by the end of 2011. (27 April, 2012)
OFT issues guidance on on misleading trading names for credit services or products
Names used by a commercial enterprise should never seek to mislead consumers looking for free, impartial, charitable or public sector assistance (23 April, 2012)
Bankruptcy Fees etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2012
New regulations prescribe fees and outlays payable to Accountant in Bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985, and prescribe when certain fees and outlays are due for payment. (20 April, 2012)
Quarterly Household Release - Q4 2011
Office for National Statistics publication focuses on household actual income and expenditure and shows that real household actual income per head fell by 0.1 per cent compared with third quarter 2011. (17 April, 2012)
Citizens Advice publishes response to Mortgage Market Review
Charity 'strongly supports' proposed package of reforms set out in the Financial Services Authority’s consultation paper. (03 April, 2012)
Council of Mortgage Lenders publishes response to FSA Mortgage Market Review
CML identifies four main areas that need clarification including, help for existing 'trapped' borrowers. (02 April, 2012)
Rates (Deferment) (Revocation and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
New regulations issued in Northern Ireland in relation to the closure of the rates deferment scheme. (29 March, 2012)
Fuel Payments Scheme (Patients Receiving Treatment for Cancer) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety estimates that approximately 6,000 patients being treated for cancer will be eligible to receive help towards their fuel costs. (29 March, 2012)

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Housing

Significance of family to homeless young people
Centrepoint publishes report that considers how young people understand the role of family and why some familial relationships break down. (16 May, 2012)
Rural Housing at a Time of Economic Change
New research published by Commission for Rural Communities develops a new understanding for rural areas of the changing levels of rents, migration and the impact of new government policies on affordable housing and housing benefit. (15 May, 2012)
Housing Law Update
Issue 263 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available. (14 May, 2012)
New government fund to tackle ‘beds in sheds’
Housing Minister allocates new £1.8m fund to help stop landlords renting out cramped properties with poor sanitisation. (11 May, 2012)
London Borough of Harrow v Ayiku
New High Court judgment that considers liability for council tax of non-British spouse of a student. (10 May, 2012)
Revised council tax levels set by local authorities in England
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes revisions to information published on 21 March on council tax levels for the financial year 2012/2013. (10 May, 2012)
Number of repossessions unchanged from same quarter last year
Council of Mortgage Lenders report also shows a fall in number of mortgages in arrears. (10 May, 2012)
Magnohard Ltd v Cadogan & Anor
New Court of Appeal judgment considers whether building, consisting of a number of flats and three shops, was a 'house' for the purposes of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967. (09 May, 2012)
Affordable capital? Housing in London
New IPPR report makes recommendations aimed at reducing the worst effects of London's 'housing squeeze' including, increasing the supply of housing by releasing more public land for development. (08 May, 2012)
Recent developments in housing law
March update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website. (08 May, 2012)
Housing Law Update
Issue 262 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available. (08 May, 2012)
Shelter publishes new policy briefings on the future of housing advice
New papers look at the impact on advice of the 'growth of digitisation' and of 'payment by results'. (01 May, 2012)
Lalli v Spirita Housing Ltd
New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether the appellant, who had a mental impairment, had been unlawfully discriminated against by his landlord, a registerd sheltered housing association, under the Race Relations Act 1975 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. (30 April, 2012)
Housing Law Update
Issue 261 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available. (30 April, 2012)
De Almeida, R (on the application of) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
New High Court judgment that considers whether the local authority's decision that, despite his terminal illness, the appellant was not entitled to accommodation and support under section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948, breached Articles 3 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. (27 April, 2012)

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Employment

Unemployment falls by 45,000
New Office for National Statistics figures show that the unemployment rate has decreased to 8.3 per cent of population. (16 May, 2012)
Equality Act 2010: consultation on employer liability for harassment of employees by third parties
Government Equalities Office consultation seeks views on government's proposal to repeal provisions in Equality Act 2010 which make employers liable for harassment of their employees by third parties over whom they do not have direct control. (16 May, 2012)
Consultation on proposals to streamline employment tribunal process
New Government Equalities Office consultation seeks views on removing employment tribunals’ power to make wider recommendations in discrimination cases; and the procedure for obtaining information. (16 May, 2012)
Hounga v Allen & Anor
New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether the fact that an employee was working illegally affected her claim for dismissal on racially discriminatory grounds. (15 May, 2012)
Number of men in part-time employment has doubled over last four years
TUC analysis, ahead of unemployment figures published tomorrow, also shows that number of under-employed women has increased by 74 per cent, bringing the total number of people in involuntary part-time work to 1.38m. (15 May, 2012)
Experiences of forced labour in the UK food industry
New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report shows that some migrants are working under threatening and inhumane conditions for little or no pay, in parts of the food industry. (15 May, 2012)
Almost nine in ten apprentices satisfied with their training
Skills Minister John Hayes announces that results from new Apprentice Learner Survey show that apprentices are getting promoted, improving their confidence and talking on more responsibility in the workplace. (15 May, 2012)
Employment Law Update
Issue 126 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available. (14 May, 2012)
Changes to labour market will increase poverty over next decade, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation
New report says that types of jobs available and improvements in skill levels, combined with changes to tax and benefit systems, will tend to widen inequalities rather than reduce them. (09 May, 2012)
Queen’s Speech 2012
Measures announced include draft Care and Support Bill, and Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill bringing changes to parental leave and reform of employment tribunals. (09 May, 2012)
Employment case law round up
Latest decisions added to the Tribunals Service website. (08 May, 2012)
Birmingham City Council v Akhtar & Ors
New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether employees had complied with statutory requirements relating to written statement of grievance before submitting equal pay claim to employment tribunal. (03 May, 2012)
Employment Law Update
Issue 125 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available. (01 May, 2012)
Employment case law round up
Latest decisions added to the Tribunals Service website. (30 April, 2012)
Homer (Appellant) v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (Respondent)
New Supreme Court judgment that considers whether, in the course of his employment, the appellant had suffered indirect discrimination on the ground of age. (26 April, 2012)

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Community care

Number of people who have home care paid by local authority falls by 11 per cent
New figures show that 7,000 fewer older people had their care services fully paid for by a local authority in 2011 compared to 2009, reports guardian.co.uk. (16 May, 2012)
D (A Child)
New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether local authority has duty to provide care to child whose mother is also a child, in the care of another local authority. (15 May, 2012)
Government plans to move care from acute hospitals to community settings a ‘facade’
Royal College of Nursing survey shows that only six per cent of community nurses said they had time to meet the needs of their patients, and almost all said that their caseload had increased over the last year. (14 May, 2012)
Draft Bill to modernise adult care and support
Department of Health publishes information on the benefits of the draft Bill including, putting people in control of their care and giving them greater choice. (10 May, 2012)
Queen’s Speech 2012
Measures announced include draft Care and Support Bill, and Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill bringing changes to parental leave and reform of employment tribunals. (09 May, 2012)
Extra funding for social care should focus on poorest
Elderly home-owners should not be first priority for Ministers when they respond to the Dilnot report, says Centre for Social Justice. (08 May, 2012)
Without radical change to care system, elderly and disabled will be left living in ‘misery and fear’
Letter from 78 charities and campaign groups - including Age UK, Saga and the Local Government Association - urges David Cameron to make reform of social care his 'legacy to future generations'. (08 May, 2012)
More health and social care to be provided at home in Scotland
Scottish Government launches consultation on integration of health and social care that seeks views of patients and members of the public on plans to provide more treatment closer to home. (08 May, 2012)
‘Tell us about your care’ North West pilot launches
Care Quality Commission seeks feedback from public about experiences of care to help make improvements to its regulatory work. (02 May, 2012)
Failures in social care ‘stifling economic productivity’, says Carers UK
New report says that stimulation of care market could turn challenges of an ageing population into opportunity for economic growth. (02 May, 2012)
Lalli v Spirita Housing Ltd
New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether the appellant, who had a mental impairment, had been unlawfully discriminated against by his landlord, a registerd sheltered housing association, under the Race Relations Act 1975 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. (30 April, 2012)
Elderly care crisis could lead to service cuts
Funding crisis for elderly care could lead to cuts in discretionary services such as leisure centres and parks, council leaders have warned. (27 April, 2012)
De Almeida, R (on the application of) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
New High Court judgment that considers whether the local authority's decision that, despite his terminal illness, the appellant was not entitled to accommodation and support under section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948, breached Articles 3 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. (27 April, 2012)
Personalisation: lessons from social care report
New RSA report explores social care sector and how the personalisation agenda encourages innovation and potential to create new markets around localised and individual needs. (20 April, 2012)
Best Practice in Direct Payment Support: A guide for commissioners
Think Local Act Personal guide includes new information on safeguarding and details of the ways direct payments can be used beyond securing personal assistants. (20 April, 2012)

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