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DWP waiver policy? Morning.
I may be being daft, but please bear with me.
At my old job, we had a copy of the DWP policy on when they will consider a waiver of re | Jon Shaw | 05-Mar-10 09:52 AM by nevip | 3 | 472 |
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Voluntary Work- informing DWP and forms Hello,
I'm getting a bit confused about this. I was under the impression that there was no DUTY to inform the DWP/JC+ if someone was doing voluntar | murphs | 04-Mar-10 01:04 PM | 0 | 281 |
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Charging for benefits advice Hi
Has anyone heard of CAM - based in Manchester - working along the same lines as Benefits answers/ibassist ie charging for benefits advice? | gaynaphelps | 03-Mar-10 01:55 PM | 0 | 391 |
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legal aid for medical evidence in scotland Due to the increasing number of gp surgeries unwilling to supply medical evidence without a fee our organisation is considering going down the route o | stevenm030 | 03-Mar-10 08:52 AM | 0 | 275 |
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RNID + Benefits and work Just a quick request for anyone who has access to the Benefits and Work website. A recent article about the proposed closure of RNID's Casework servic | Casework team | 02-Mar-10 04:28 PM by Casework team | 2 | 328 |
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Probs with the UT website Hello all... Anyone having problems with the UT/OSSC website? It seems I am unique in our office in stuggling to open decisions. If I get anywhere is | Dan_manville | 02-Mar-10 09:45 AM by Dan_manville | 6 | 386 |
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Social Fund Inspectors Jurisdiction the local Social Fund Office will not accept faxed reviews (though the SFI will). We contend that they should be accepted.
We faxed a review off a | MikeRob | 01-Mar-10 11:56 AM by Tony Bowman | 1 | 364 |
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Social fund and RTR/HRT In this decision (see todays rightsnet news story):
Tilianu V Social Fund Inspector & SS For Work and Pensions EWHC 213 (Admin)
the high | Tony Bowman | 24-Feb-10 12:38 PM by shawn | 4 | 481 |
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Why don't people claim benefits? Morning all,
Am doing a bit of work for Radio 4 looking at why so many older people don't take up their entitlement to benefits. I think there are | johnrob | 23-Feb-10 04:09 PM by SuzyW | 16 | 1537 |
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change of circumstances I am encountering several people who have failed to notify the relevant department (DWP and / or Housing Benefit) when their disabled child leaves edu | mary partridge | 12-Feb-10 11:37 AM by mary partridge | 2 | 564 |
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Bulgarian National application for NI? Hi I have been asked about a case where woman came with her child in UK on October 2009 to join her husband. He is self-employed and was asking on wha | Antonina | 12-Feb-10 08:37 AM by Antonina | 2 | 284 |
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Maintenance disregard (and other money worries of course) I heard somewhere that we might see the disregard increased to £40 in April. Has this been confirmed please?
My client has shared residence of 4 k | suelees | 10-Feb-10 01:23 PM by suelees | 15 | 793 |
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Specialist Support in Welfare Benefit Law Hello, I am posting to make advisors aware of the specialist support advice service in welfare benefits that CPAG provides.
What is the Special | Martin Williams | 09-Feb-10 06:24 PM by clairehodgson | 3 | 401 |
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DWP 'tab tool' Attached link to DWP's 'Working Age Client Group Tabulation Tool', given by Jonathan Shaw in answer to parliamentary question on ESA stats -
http:/ | ros.white | 05-Feb-10 02:57 PM by Al Franco | 2 | 378 |
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Earnings disregard..? Hi All
Client, in receipt of means-tested benefits, wishing to become involved in local LETS scheme. (I cut your grass, and in return you paint my ha | linusm | 05-Feb-10 02:00 PM by deniseb | 1 | 198 |
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All views welcome As of the 15th January 2010, RNID produced a consultation document that will in effect witness a large strategic re-structure. One aspect of this re-s | Casework team | 02-Feb-10 05:46 PM by stevegale | 7 | 394 |
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just a quicky ... ... hello all :)
are local authority (h.b / c.t.b) computer systems linked to hmrc (w.t.c / c.t.c) ones ???
thanx all ...
pete :) | Sayo | 01-Feb-10 07:29 PM by Derek | 11 | 660 |
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Winter Fuel Payment Appeal Morning all,
My client is appealing against a decision not to award him a backdated Winter Fuel Payment for 2007/8, having been awarded one for 2008 | deniseb | 25-Jan-10 03:42 PM by deniseb | 2 | 352 |
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Voice Risk Analysis Has anyone heard "Word of Mouth" on Radio 4 this week? They interviewed a fella from Harrow council who didn't do very well.
It went from "the comp | Dan_manville | 19-Jan-10 12:50 PM by clairehodgson | 2 | 527 |
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DWP/JC accounts To prep an appeal against a large overpayment, I need details of what payments the client received from jobcentre in 2003/04. JC say no records are av | Tony Bowman | 19-Jan-10 11:35 AM by Tony Bowman | 25 | 1599 |
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CSA, Old Rules, Benefit Income- Confused! Hello All,
Unfortunatel y my office doesn't have a copy of the CPAG Child Support handbook so this may be an easily answered question but I'm a bit | murphs | 15-Jan-10 03:27 PM by murphs | 4 | 324 |
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Blue Badges
Not directly Benefits, but indirectly connected.
A fair number of LA's are now processing these applications electronically over the the tele | mike shermer | 11-Jan-10 08:38 PM by stevegale | 6 | 516 |
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EU Treaty consolidated - new Article numbers The Treaty on European Union has been consolidated and this means that the Article numbering has changed. For example, confusingly, the old Article 12 | ros.white | 11-Jan-10 01:42 PM | 0 | 283 |
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Benefit implications for couple with separate residences Hi (apologies first - mistakenly posted this query in PC forum to begin with)
My clients are a couple planning a civil partnership ceremony and tryi | Dolores24 | 08-Jan-10 06:53 PM | 0 | 280 |
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Have you ever heard? A letter from Derby JC+...
"Although has authorised us to send their personal information to you, it is the Department's policy in th | Dan_manville | 08-Jan-10 09:27 AM by Dan_manville | 6 | 1011 |
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eu commission letter stating intention to require UK to amend right to reside test
attached very interesting recent letter, written in response to claimant complaint, stating intention to formally require UK to amend benefits right | ros.white | 06-Jan-10 01:25 PM by Dan_manville | 2 | 589 |
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NHS Travel assistance Hi,
Not strictly a benefits query but I'm scratching my head at the moment.
I have a client who has just given birth to a premature baby (23 weeks | fincm900 | 31-Dec-09 03:28 PM by Ruth_T | 2 | 300 |
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Volunteer expenses Hi. Has anyone any guidance on volunteers expenses? Our volunteers are paid above-HMRC rates for mileage and the DWP have now queried this with one of | Liz_Wilson | 18-Dec-09 09:22 PM by AlteredChaos76 | 4 | 492 |
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another company charging for benefits advice This company has recently been brought to my attention:
www.be nefitanswers.co.uk
Thier website suggests they are more knowledgeable and reasonab | Tony Bowman | 17-Dec-09 09:24 AM by Paul Treloar_GB | 2 | 507 |
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No NINO no cry Colleagues,
Para 28 of CH/4085/2007 confirms that you don't need a NINO to start a benefit claim, as long as you have applied for one before a bene | Steve Johnson | 15-Dec-09 03:24 PM by clairehodgson | 9 | 1081 |