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Specialist Support Project contracts terminated by Legal Services Commission
The Legal Services Commission has announced the termination of Specialist Support Project contracts with effect from 19 July 2006. The original contra | Paul Treloar | 24-Mar-06 12:47 PM
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LA Welfare Rights Units
I apologise at the onset for the long winded messages and would appreciate any comments and particularly experience of other LA Welfare Rights Units. | wrteam | 24-Mar-06 09:49 AM
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LSC slash Law Centres Federation funding
In the ever changing world of the Legal Services Commission, another bombshell has dropped with the news that the Law Centres Federation has been told | Paul Treloar | 10-Mar-06 01:10 PM | 0 | 743 |
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Advice and information strategy for Northern Ireland
Hi all, You may know that Government has launched a consultation document on a proposed advice and information strategy for NI. Accessible at http://w | abcxyz | 01-Mar-06 11:57 AM
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Money to Local Authorities because of benefit take-up
People may find the following links useful if they receive funding from a LA. They give the cash amounts and calculation used to determine the amount | keith | 23-Feb-06 03:38 PM
by Paul Treloar | 14 | 1676 |
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NAWRA - Nottingham - 10th March 2006
The next NAWRA meeting will be held at County Hall, Nottingham, on Friday 10th March 2006.
County Hall is next to Trent Bridge cricket ground, appr | Alan Markey | 21-Feb-06 11:21 AM
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Targets / benchmarking
We are a small unit (1 FTE) offering benefits casework to tenants of a housing association.
We are being asked to think about setting a target for | jryan | 15-Feb-06 03:36 PM
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Job Evaluation-Welfare Rights
Our Welfare Rights unit will be going through the job evaluation process in the near future. Have any of your units been through the process? How did | sahida | 13-Feb-06 11:50 AM
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Legal help cases and housing benefit
The eligibility guidance on the LSC website says that payments of housing benefit are ignored as income, but on the financial eligibility form (allown | Tony Bowman | 08-Feb-06 09:39 AM
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Research
Is any one aware of any research that establishes a link between maximisation of benefit income and reduction in call on Local Authority services (eit | Claire | 07-Feb-06 09:01 AM
by Paul Treloar | 1 | 872 |
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Re: green paper
is it me, or is this another dodgy dossier? | jj | 25-Jan-06 03:42 PM
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Voluntary sector helping IB claimants back to work
During a discussion last week about Government plans to reform incapacity benefits, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, John Hutton flagged | Paul Treloar | 25-Jan-06 02:16 PM
by Paul Treloar | 4 | 1017 |
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Child Support Agency to swap with HMRC???
David Laws, Lib Dem MP for Yeovil, yesterday stated in a motion about the Child Support Agency that tax credits and child maintenance collection have | Paul Treloar | 18-Jan-06 02:57 PM
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Access to Justice campaign
To highlight to everyone a new resource pack available from the Access to Justice Alliance, see the rightsnet policy news story [a href="http://www.ri | Paul Treloar | 14-Dec-05 10:07 AM | 0 | 868 |
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CPAG's 40 voices against child poverty
To mark its 40th anniversary, CPAG invited 40 policymakers, commentators, frontline workers and families to voice their priorities and concerns relati | shawn | 30-Nov-05 02:45 PM | 0 | 814 |
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Independent Peer Review
Just to draw peoples' attention to the policy news story, concerning the Legal Services Commission finalising their Independent Peer Review process, f | Paul Treloar | 08-Nov-05 12:02 PM | 0 | 827 |
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Making Legal Rights a reality - CLS consultation
For anyone interested, here is an 8-page word document briefing about the latest CLS consultation.
Any thoughts, gratefully received.
[a href="h | Paul Treloar | 27-Oct-05 10:49 AM
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Citizens Advice as intermediaries
During a Westminster Hall debate on e-government yesterday, there were many mentions of the possibilities of CABx becoming intermediaries between bene | Paul Treloar | 26-Oct-05 09:08 AM
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CAB's & Independence
Have they no shame???????????????
http://www.right snet.org.uk/cgi-bin/ sub_client/search.cg i?template2=news/use r_details2.htm&outpu t_number=1&news.I | billmcc | 25-Oct-05 02:04 PM
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Legal aid and barristers
Slghtly ironic that at the same time as the Legal Services Commission are undertaking a consultation around legal aid, in order to develop the CLS to | Paul Treloar | 21-Oct-05 07:03 PM
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Jobcentreplus
Has anyone seen today's news item re - privatisatiion of employment services.
I remember a story not long after Labour were elected in 1997. Brief | nevip | 21-Oct-05 05:26 PM
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New in policy news and resources this week
Check out the latest stories in policy news this week:
- [a href="http://www.rig htsnet.org.uk/cgi-bi n/publisher/display. cgi?1642-9105-7226+p olicy" | Paul Treloar | 21-Oct-05 02:52 PM | 0 | 796 |
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Representation and Advice at Employment Tribunals Bill
Parliament is currently considering a Private Members Bill that would set up an independent body, offering free advice, assistance and representation | Paul Treloar | 19-Oct-05 11:18 AM | 0 | 879 |
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New in policy news this week
Check out the following policy news stories published this week:
- [a href="http://www.rig htsnet.org.uk/cgi-bi n/publisher/display. cgi?144-9105-674 | Paul Treloar | 14-Oct-05 12:16 PM | 0 | 814 |
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Citizens Advice Bureau & WRU's praised in Parliament
During yesterdays Parliamentary debate, CABx and WRUs came in for some praise from 2 Tory MPs, and (finally) from James Plaskitt, Parliamentary Unders | Paul Treloar | 14-Oct-05 11:55 AM | 0 | 881 |
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Welfare reform
This topic has been moved by the moderator of this forum.
It can be found at:
http://www.righ tsnet.org.uk/dc/dcbo ard | Ian_Miller | 12-Oct-05 07:38 AM | 0 | 951 |
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New in policy news and resources this week
Check out the latest from the new 'policy news' area of rightsnet -
[A href="http://www.rig htsnet.org.uk/cgi-bi n/publisher/display. c | Paul Treloar | 07-Oct-05 10:49 AM | 0 | 814 |
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Re: Benefit Fraud Ads
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http://www.righ tsnet.org.uk/dc/dcbo ard | jj | 06-Oct-05 07:12 AM
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new in policy news this week ...
check out the latest from the new 'policy news' area of rightsnet -
[a href="http://www.rig htsnet.org.uk/cgi-bi n/publisher/display. cgi?1 | shawn | 30-Sep-05 12:31 PM | 0 | 808 |
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Wales takes the lead in providing long term security for voluntary sector
'An agreement that ensures longer term funding and more security for the key organisations that support the voluntary sector in Wales has been signed | shawn | 30-Sep-05 10:47 AM | 0 | 828 |
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