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Unknown Immigration Status
Hello all
I'm trying to advise someone as to their benefit options, but we've found a little difficulty in that her only document is from the Immig | Robbo | 16-Jan-08 10:48 AM | 0 | 542 |
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LSC Funding
Some of you will be funded as we are by the LSC so will have experience of this. I'm trying to have clarified what consitutes 'separate matters' parti | suelees | 15-Jan-08 01:18 PM
by claire hodgson | 6 | 822 |
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Bankruptcy and overpayments (again!): R (Balding) v SSWP
R (Balding) v SSWP EWHC 759 (Admin)
In this decision, handed down today, a strong Divisional Court (Laws LJ and Davis J) has held that where | Paul Stagg | 14-Jan-08 01:04 PM
by mitch | 5 | 3459 |
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what are they on? Another for the scrapbook
Here's another one for the Scrap book.
I saw a client today with an IS query that should have been resolved with one phone call.
Client is liter | Tony Bowman | 09-Jan-08 04:30 PM | 0 | 680 |
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Its Xmas time again
Another yuletide story for all the good folk of rightsnet land.
The Story of the Three Little Pigs
There was an old sow with three little pigs, | nevip | 07-Jan-08 03:36 PM
by Tony Bowman | 3 | 1031 |
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Overpayment and court sentence
Just had a call from a client who had a decision that he was overpaid DLA, had appealed against the decision and the appeal is yet to be heard. He was | Damian | 04-Jan-08 07:02 AM
by Damian | 3 | 961 |
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DWP Christmas Card
We received the official JC+ christmas card, its a picture showing 3 storey's of a grey building with windows. Each storey as a window with a christma | northwiltshire | 20-Dec-07 12:18 PM
by northwiltshire | 3 | 1129 |
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Council tax exemption
Not a benefits query exactly. The psychiatrists from our local mental health trust are getting themselves in a bother about completing the certificat | rwils | 17-Dec-07 03:33 PM
by plumduff | 2 | 756 |
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xmas opening (closing)
Jobcentre Plus missive .... Crisis Loan Closure Details for the Christmas period.
Dear Partners,
I am writing to update you on our a | shawn | 17-Dec-07 03:13 PM
by Rowan | 2 | 837 |
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Income tax allowances 2008/9 mystery
If you compare new the tax allowance figures introduced by The Income Tax (Indexation) (No. 2) Order 2007
( see http://www.opsi.gov. uk/si/si2007/uk | Jon_Blackwell | 17-Dec-07 11:01 AM
by Gareth Morgan | 1 | 1265 |
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relationship between criminal and tribunal proceedings
mote v dwp
http://www.ba ilii.org/ew/cases/EW CA/Civ/2007/1324.htm l
is interesting.
mr mote had a £67 K overpayment of IS & HB; tribjnal decide | claire hodgson | 14-Dec-07 11:40 AM | 0 | 590 |
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Typed alternative office claims
Hi,
I am an Alternative Office Agent, in my other role with the West Lancs Disability Helpline. This means that we can do the backdating for certa | iut044 | 14-Dec-07 10:53 AM
by Paul_Treloar_ | 2 | 627 |
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Single working age benefit
Work and pensions secretary Peter Hain will today make a statement to Parliament committing to examining a radical simplification of the welfare syste | Paul_Treloar_ | 14-Dec-07 08:28 AM
by nevip | 9 | 725 |
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ILF v Social Services funding for home care
This is not strictly a benefits query, but I hope it is close enough for someone to respond. It appears that our local Social Services are advising p | anned | 13-Dec-07 03:02 PM
by anned | 2 | 703 |
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Confidential information sharing amongst JCP advisers
Does any one happen to know if the DWP has guidelines/regulatio ns on who should have access to confidential client information?
I ask because I hav | ali l | 13-Dec-07 10:56 AM | 0 | 641 |
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Cheeky request for training material
I am doing some last minute training tomorrow, a two hour Intro to welfare benefits type thing. Does anyone have anything already prepared I can use?
| jryan | 11-Dec-07 11:52 AM
by SMartin | 1 | 764 |
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Benefit simplification bill
Below is an extract from the Rightsnet news page.
"Backdating of pension credit, housing benefit and council tax benefit claims for those aged 60 o | nevip | 11-Dec-07 09:41 AM
by Gareth Morgan | 9 | 1037 |
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Dental treatment - penalty charges
I've just had a query from a client who's husband has received a letter from the Business Services Authority asking for repayment of dental treatment | pierre95 | 10-Dec-07 01:19 PM
by pierre95 | 6 | 824 |
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Attila the Hain
I wish I could take credit for coming up with this but I stumbled across it whilst googling. | keith | 10-Dec-07 10:40 AM
by keith | 2 | 681 |
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Care homes and capital
HI i have a lady who is part of a couple and is going into care home. She has a state pension and a works pension in her name. Her husband holds all | anadeem | 08-Dec-07 10:46 AM
by jimmckenny | 2 | 641 |
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Danish National
Help needed, this is an area completely outside of my knowledge so any advice gratefully received.
Danish woman got married in uk to uk citizen, has | jules smith | 06-Dec-07 05:43 PM
by ariadne2 | 5 | 716 |
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New 2008/9 benefit rates
These are usually announced as part of the autumn pre-budget statement. HMRC have announced their rates (Tax Credits,etc.), but what's happened to the | stevegale | 05-Dec-07 03:46 PM
by shawn | 4 | 1849 |
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Debt Centres
Salford, Bradford now Dearne Valley. Springing up like charity shops. Latest gripe concerns suspected fraud. DWP stopped DLA and demanding overpayment | Semitone | 30-Nov-07 03:20 PM
by jj | 6 | 912 |
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Help needed with benefits and work incentives research
Julie Rugg from York University has contacted us to say -
'There is a concern that high rents in the capital create difficulties for people wanting | ken | 29-Nov-07 09:32 AM | 0 | 511 |
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CARE HOME FUNDING
Courtesy of The Times - 22.11.07 - page 25
High Court - Mr Justice Wilkie
Mrs Atkinson suffers from Dementia, Parkinsons Disease, Angina, Os | mike shermer | 23-Nov-07 07:27 AM | 0 | 690 |
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clients receiving care who want to work
Can anyone help me with this issue. I keep hearing that it is impossible for clients who are in any kind of residential accommodation where they recei | chrisduran | 21-Nov-07 07:45 AM
by chrisduran | 2 | 787 |
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Right to reside & accession state workers
The House of Lords has granted the claimant leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland judgment in Zalewska v Department for Dept | shawn | 16-Nov-07 02:04 PM | 0 | 650 |
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Incentive/Compensation payment
If our local authority offer tenants, in underoccupied property, money in order that they move to a smaller property - how would this be treated for m | bensup | 15-Nov-07 12:04 PM
by mike shermer | 1 | 600 |
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A8, A2, Immigration and benefits in general
Anyone recommend a definitve guide on benefit rights to foreign nationals and their rights to benefits in the UK.
Of particular interest would be t | neilcoll | 14-Nov-07 10:20 AM | 0 | 588 |
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DWP targets for new claims processing.
Could anyone direct me to official KPI's on how long the DWP are supposed to take to process new claims? I have got the delay indicators on existing c | Herbert | 14-Nov-07 09:08 AM | 0 | 489 |
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