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EEA Law & entitlement to Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit
I have a client from Latvia who has been in the country for three years. She has worked for nearly two of the three and paid national insurance for s | Oscar | 20-Aug-07 06:14 PM
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CSA problem/query
I am trying to find the CSA law regarding how much CSA can recover in arrears of maintenance.
The CPAG guide page 437 states a maximum of 5% of net i | dbcwru | 20-Aug-07 04:08 PM | 0 | 522 |
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Benefit Fraud
I have reiceved a nasty call from the fraud inspector from the LA
I want to know if we are obliged to provide Glasgow CC a tenant's rent statement (f | anadeem | 20-Aug-07 12:46 PM
by anadeem | 8 | 940 |
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widows pension, need to sign on for j.s.a ?
top of the week to all :) and only i ...
have a cl. whose husband passed away 1997, she was aged 48 at the time. now receives widows pension (wp) o | Sayo | 20-Aug-07 09:25 AM | 0 | 480 |
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Headbanging is ruled a disability
Here is a Friday afternoon story. From yesterdays Metro newspaper:
'A Heavy metal fan is to receive disability allowance because he is addicted to | JonL | 15-Aug-07 11:47 AM
by Maggie B | 5 | 884 |
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Benefit Fraud
I have a client who has received a letter offering her a formal caution for benefit fraud (CTB). The letter states that if she accepts the local autho | Sarah M | 15-Aug-07 08:33 AM
by Sarah M | 14 | 1292 |
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Standards of investigative interviewing under PACE ...
David Walsh, a lecturer at the University of Derby, has asked whether any rightsnet discussion forum users can assist him with academic research he is | ken | 09-Aug-07 11:37 AM | 0 | 469 |
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Customer's Consent to the DWP Disclosing their Benefit
Hi,
In Section 1.026 of Dept of Health Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide there is a link to a form for Customer's Consent to the DWP Dis | Simon | 07-Aug-07 12:13 PM | 0 | 481 |
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Blue Badge and Mental Health
Can anyone provide any help with obtaining a Blue Badge for a client with severe paranoid schizophrenia?
Cl is currently in receipt of DLA LR Mob a | CASL | 30-Jul-07 07:35 PM
by stevegale | 3 | 607 |
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PFA entitlement to HB/CTB
Are there any matrices or flow charts available as a guide to a PFAs entitlement to Benefit. I am trying to design a quick guide for our customer ser | OwenK | 30-Jul-07 03:30 PM | 0 | 396 |
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Change of name of Debt Centres Manc and Salford
FYI just had notification that the above two have now merged and been renamed Debt Centre Trafford.
Sue | suelees | 27-Jul-07 04:29 PM
by jj | 12 | 689 |
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search for a reference or quote?
I have in the back of my mind a half remembered quote that i need to be able to quote accurately and reference. I believe what i am looking for spoke | loliver | 25-Jul-07 09:09 PM
by Ruth_T | 15 | 1365 |
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Educational Maintenance Allowance
Has anyone found useful, accessible guidance on EMA?
I'm interested mainly in the rules (if any) on attendance - what constitutes an authorised abs | suewelsh | 23-Jul-07 12:09 PM
by Victoria Todd | 4 | 610 |
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Credits for approved training/welfare to work
Our mature client was placed on a nursing course under the New Deal for Disabled People, but has been forced to withdraw after 15 months because her h | Ruth_T | 19-Jul-07 06:55 PM
by Ruth_T | 5 | 670 |
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Social Fund
Does anybody know what the processing targets are for Social Fund? I.e. Crisis Loans in X days & CCG's in Y.
I've looked in the usual places but th | Rowan | 19-Jul-07 03:35 PM
by mike shermer | 4 | 488 |
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my dwp ...
at last week's DWP annual forum, DWP director general for strategy and pensions, Phil Wyn Owen, said that they're working on a new web-based facility | shawn | 18-Jul-07 12:39 PM
by Tony Bowman | 3 | 613 |
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Welfare rights group meets this Friday July 20 in London
If anyone is interested, London and South-East Welfare Rights Officers are holding their next quarterly meeting On July 20. The meetings are to share | Nicola Wallace | 17-Jul-07 12:43 PM | 0 | 420 |
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Re: Closure of Commissioners' and other websites-rightsnet News
i'm finding it difficult to feel other than uneasy and dismayed by this. the government press release is uninformative and has less substance than ca | jj | 17-Jul-07 11:57 AM
by shawn | 6 | 1070 |
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Judicial Review
I am looking for some advise regarding Judicial Review against a Commissioners refusal for Leave to Appeal.
A client has until the 25th July 2007 ( | Kayley Rutland | 13-Jul-07 07:22 PM
by Ruth_T | 3 | 573 |
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Ombudsman
We recall in the dim and distant past that the Local Government Ombudsman has commented on the duty of social work staff to identify welfare rights ad | paddyhill | 12-Jul-07 02:56 PM
by ken | 9 | 1127 |
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Client from Bulgaria
Hi all, looking for some info and assistance for Bulgarian client who has recently arrived in UK with no contacts or job /housing arranged.
He is a | cathmac | 12-Jul-07 09:21 AM
by cathmac | 2 | 566 |
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right to reside ... new ct of appeal judgment
Court of Appeal judgment out today in Abdirahman v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions <2007> EWCA Civ 657 (05 July 2007)
appeal from CPC 292 | shawn | 06-Jul-07 09:01 PM
by ariadne2 | 1 | 541 |
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CPAG conference ... Welfare reform: whatever next?
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CPAG are holding their 2007 conference - Welfare reform: whatever next? - on Thursday 6 September ...
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Citizens Advice service annual conference 2007
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The Citizens Advice service annual conference and AGM, takes place at the University of York from 25 - 27 Septembe | shawn | 04-Jul-07 01:29 PM | 0 | 808 |
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Working with representatives
Could someone point me in the direction of who it is ( from NAWRA ? ) WHO is collecting info on the above so I can add my experiences to ensure there | Toby_L | 03-Jul-07 01:30 PM | 0 | 489 |
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maintenance undertaking / sponsorship ends
I keep being asked this one and I don't think there's an answer but just in case....
Maintenance undertaking ends before 5 years up eg through relat | glenys | 02-Jul-07 04:36 PM
by glenys | 2 | 448 |
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Benefit Delivery Centres
Hi all
I'm starting to wonder if BDCs actually exist or whether there is one giant telephone somewhere in the bowels of the earth which all BDCs cal | Margie | 26-Jun-07 01:07 PM
by Ivan S | 29 | 2127 |
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GMS
I've got a client with an Income Support overpayment.
DWP recieved GMS information that he had over £11,000 in two accounts - one ISA and one TESSA | jaykay | 22-Jun-07 03:30 PM
by jaykay | 2 | 659 |
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file retrieval
info from yesterday's hansard on process (and timescales) for DWP getting files back from Capita Document Management Centre, or Heywood Stores as they | shawn | 22-Jun-07 08:39 AM | 0 | 494 |
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Benefit fraud resources for welfare rights advisers
The website of Barristers' Chambers 2 Garden Court now has some useful resources for advisers about benefit fraud. Here is the link: www.gardencourt | Neil Bateman | 21-Jun-07 09:22 AM
by suelees | 2 | 930 |
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