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13 August, 2010

DWP publishes ‘Structural Reform Plan’

Draft document outlines key actions and milestones for delivering the Department’s priorities

12 August, 2010

Overpayment recovery where claimant subject to debt relief order

Court of Appeal grants DWP stay of recent High Court judgment

12 August, 2010

Information Commissioner urges caution over government plan to use credit reference agencies to tackle benefit fraud

Data protection implications need to be considered at the earliest stage

12 August, 2010

Almost a fifth of local authorities report that homelessness has increased as a result of local housing allowance

New DWP research

12 August, 2010

Digitisation of Jobcentre Plus service delivery

New DWP research

11 August, 2010

CPAG condemns Prime Minister’s announcement on tackling benefit fraud

Decision to focus on benefit rather than tax fraud is 'unfair, unjust and makes little economic sense'

10 August, 2010

SSAC launches consultation on 2011 housing benefit changes

Committee to report on changes likely to affect 99% of LHA claimants

10 August, 2010

Vaccine Damage Payments and swine flu

New statutory instrument

10 August, 2010

Treatment of foster children in assessment of housing benefit

New DWP guidance

10 August, 2010

Overpayment recovery where claimant subject to debt relief order

New DWP guidance

10 August, 2010

Making more use of information from credit reference agencies to tackle benefit fraud

Simply not acceptable that hard earned taxpayers’ money is being stolen, says Prime Minister

9 August, 2010

Local authority use of claimant data to help improve delivery of other locally managed services

New DWP guidance

6 August, 2010

Tax credit changes will hit cancer patients hard

Reforms will make an already very difficult situation much worse, warns Citizens Advice and Macmillan

5 August, 2010

Council tax disregards and students undertaking a full-time course of education in Europe

Government launches consultation on treating those studying abroad as resident in the UK for council tax purposes.

4 August, 2010

Unified Courts and Tribunals System to be introduced by April 2011

New structure will preserve the unique and distinctive features of both systems for the benefit of all users, says Ministry of Justice.

4 August, 2010

Process by which local authority sanctions for benefit fraud are notified to, and applied by, the DWP

New housing benefit guidance

3 August, 2010

DWP responds to public comments received on 'The Coalition: Our Programme Welfare and Jobs and Welfare'

Department agrees that 'worklessness and welfare dependency are a blight on our communities'

2 August, 2010

National Audit Office qualifies DWP resource accounts for 2009/2010 because of level of fraud and error

Overpayments up to £3.1 billion with underpayments at £1.3 billion

2 August, 2010

Citizens Advice welcomes government proposals on simpler benefits system

However, balancing individuals' needs with greater simplicity and tight public spending will be key government challenges