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	crippling cost of DWP contracts from third sector - 'The Shaw Trust made a £2.8m loss in 2008/09 compared with a surplus of £7.4m the previous year, according to its annual report	shawn	14-Aug-09 12:04 PM by past caring 2	2	444
	rightsnet's fantasy football league ... it's that time of year again .... our fantasy football 'chimpions league' is now open .... ... and we've again got sponsorship from those love	shawn	14-Aug-09 11:15 AM by shawn	1	452
	an idea found this on the bbc: http:// news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ uk/8180799.stm irrespective of where the idea comes from, i wonder if there is some	clairehodgson	13-Aug-09 02:49 PM by Damian	17	1177
	Qualifications for Benefits Advice I have provided Benefits Advice in my previous job for a Housing Association and am now just give benefits advice part-time for a charity. Our funders	Tim Saint	13-Aug-09 02:23 PM by clairehodgson	16	929
	NAWRA, Edinburgh, 4th September 2009 Hi Just a reminder of the next NAWRA meeting which all members (and those who would like to be members!) are welcome to attend. Friday 4th Se	Alan Markey	12-Aug-09 06:37 PM by Alan Markey	2	518
	LSC publishes final 2010 contract proposals The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has published its response to the consultation on Civil Bid Rounds for 2010 Contracts by setting out the services	shawn	31-Jul-09 02:10 PM by shawn	2	602
	payments to non legally qualified tribunal members from hansard ... government has accepted recommendations for new pay structure for legally qualified tribunal members ... but not for non legally qual	shawn	23-Jul-09 03:39 PM	0	466
	Child poverty duty to become law Looking at this new bill, which is due to be published soon, I'm trying to get some feel for the effect on welfare rights work. According to the BB	Gareth Morgan	16-Jul-09 09:55 AM by Julian Hobson	7	869
	ESA claim successes (or failures) I've come across the article below which seems a bit surprising. Are these actually the kind of rates that people are finding? "More than two-thi	Gareth Morgan	16-Jul-09 06:57 AM by pete c	2	587
	LawWorks 'Initial Electronic Advice' service ... LawWo rks - the working name of the Solicitor’s Pro Bono Group - has launched a new service: 'Initial Elect	shawn	02-Jul-09 03:34 PM	0	532
	LSC to take new approach to quality The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has published details of the new quality assurance scheme for legal aid providers that will be introduced in April	shawn	02-Jul-09 11:03 AM	0	521
	planned programme of resttlement We are looking at designing a planned programme of resettlement meeting the requirements of CCGs for our Youth Advice Service . Does anyone have an	MikeRob	30-Jun-09 09:29 AM	0	444
	Benefit claimants 'still seen as scroungers', research shows from yesterday's guardian .... 'The perception of people on benefits as "scroungers" is as deep-rooted as ever, while there is broad public tolera	shawn	23-Jun-09 12:00 PM	0	603
	final buffer position / 2010 Unified Contract new info from ASA ... ... an outline of the final buffer position and how the LSC are likely to manage your account under the 2010 Unified Contract	shawn	23-Jun-09 09:38 AM	0	383
	The cost of calling government 0800/0845 numbers on a mobile - solutions! Hello all Does your organisation regularly see clients who can't afford to ring government 0845 or 0800 numbers, or run up debts doing so, because	tomr	18-Jun-09 09:32 PM by ariadne2	6	1102
	Equalities monitoring at the tribunals service Does anyone know of any kind of montoring that the tribunlas service that the TS does with regard to appellants age/ethnic background/gender/se xuality	Ali Lord	17-Jun-09 12:35 PM	0	415
	Impact of legal aid reform and the recession on the provision of local legal advice The Ministry of Justice has today published a new report that looks at the impact of legal aid reform and the recession on the provision of local lega	shawn	15-Jun-09 11:53 AM by shawn	2	530
	coming soon to a jobcentre near you http://www.guardian. co.uk/global/2009/ju n/11/welfare-reform- bill-workfare	nevip	12-Jun-09 01:42 PM by andyp4	1	528
	Peter Townsend sad news ... social policy researcher and campaigner Peter Townsend - who co-founded CPAG and Disability Alliance - died earlier this week .. .. th	shawn	11-Jun-09 09:43 AM by Paul Treloar_GB	2	624
	How many LSC staff to change a lightbulb? http://blog2.wflack. com/?p=48	steve_h	10-Jun-09 02:37 PM	0	466
	60 years of legal aid some interesting comments from advice practitioners on the 'Tell us your story' section of the LSC's '60 years of legal aid' website .. see http://	shawn	10-Jun-09 11:06 AM	0	346
	new ssac website the Social Security Advisory Committee has revamped and relaunched its website ... see .... http://www.ssac.org. uk	shawn	09-Jun-09 10:40 AM	0	331
	NAWRA, Colchester, 5th June 2009 Hi Just a reminder of the next NAWRA meeting on Friday 5 June 2009 at the Town Hall, Colchester, Essex. The event is being hosted by Colche	Alan Markey	03-Jun-09 03:57 PM by Alan Markey	1	646
	Fit Notes See today's news item. This statement appears at paragraph 35 of the consultation document: It is recognised that most of the medical profess	Tony Bowman	29-May-09 05:39 PM by ariadne2	3	665
	child poverty New Labour, what are they good for? Absolutely nothin’, say it agin y’all! http://www .guardian.co.uk/soci ety/2009/may/08/pove rty-equality-britain -	nevip	12-May-09 03:50 PM by nevip	2	701
	new ssac appointments .... Appointment of Carolyn George and John Andrews to the Social Secur	shawn	30-Apr-09 02:57 PM	0	641
	Friday ............................... We have had a direction from the Tribunal judge on a HB overpayment case (official error but Department stating that client should have known………….).	p.e.t.e	24-Apr-09 12:29 PM by nevip	3	623
	3rd party phone calls to DWP - client must now be present each time? I have just been told by DWP Makerfield that they can no longer discuss clients' benefit problems over the phone unless the client is present and give	nickyswllc	24-Apr-09 09:42 AM by nickyswllc	12	1441
	"Online Benefits Adviser service" From the latest edition of the HB Direct newsletter http://www.dwp.gov.u k/housingbenefit/use r-communications/hb- direct-newsletter/20 09/issue-88-april	Al Franco	23-Apr-09 10:33 AM	0	514
	budget 2009 .... highlights include ... increased capital disregard for pension credit ... ... and LHA claimants no longer being able to receive more LHA than th	shawn	23-Apr-09 07:11 AM by Al Franco	1	554

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