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Friday and Treasury Mathamaticians
This I offer you as a prime example of the logic of a treasury spokesman on Newsnight last night.
Jeremy was grilling him on the pay award just | mike shermer | 02-Mar-07 07:14 PM
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Petition against Carter cuts to Legal Aid
A petition has been set up on the 10 Downing Street website, calling for the Carter reforms to be scrapped. Please sign and pass this message on to al | dcarlin | 28-Feb-07 10:12 AM
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NAWRA - 9th March 2007
Hi
I can now confirm details of the next NAWRA meeting. This will be held:
- at Peterborough United Football Club, London Road, Peterborough P | Alan Markey | 20-Feb-07 11:44 AM | 0 | 658 |
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Advice work - good practice
Hi, I'm new to this forum. I am the advice worker in a health support service in Ipswich. I'm looking for models of good practice in advice work, as o | Speefie | 14-Feb-07 02:14 PM
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Friday again ........
Being a TOG, I listen to radio 2 - only in the car mind you, so no one finds out. Anyway, there was an interview on there the other day with a Lif | mike shermer | 09-Feb-07 09:05 AM | 0 | 824 |
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IT'S FRIDAY
Just to cheer you up on a Friday, have a look at the latest Fraud report from DWP - something in the region of £2 billion going out inadvertantly | mike shermer | 09-Feb-07 08:50 AM
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NAWRA Annual General Meeting - March 2007
Hi
As members will know, NAWRA is now a constituted membership organisation. In line with its constitution, NAWRA holds an AGM each year to deal w | Alan Markey | 29-Jan-07 11:10 AM | 0 | 777 |
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DLA/CA - Pension Service
Does anyone know about a pilot in B'Ham where Pension Service visiting officers are advising and assisting under 60 age group to complete DLA and CA | GJ | 26-Jan-07 03:42 PM
by bbajwa | 5 | 1099 |
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latest rightsnet policy news ...
... includes -
Govern ment plans funding raid on 'good causes': Third sector set to lose out to Olympics for lottery funds
Inqu | ken | 19-Jan-07 03:08 PM | 0 | 650 |
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It's all about productivity ...
latest on legal aid reform ... debate in parliament yesterday ....
http://www.p ublications.parliame nt.uk/pa/cm200607/cm hansrd/cm070111/hall indx/701 | shawn | 12-Jan-07 03:56 PM
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Welfare Rights managed by Housing Benefit?
Edited to correct email link
Hello and happy new year to all.
I work for a local authority welfare rights service that was once as impa | sarahroy | 09-Jan-07 02:57 PM
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latest rightsnet policy news ...
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ASA questions evidence base for CLS strategy: Report challenges LSC's interpretation of Causes of action
Law Centre | ken | 05-Jan-07 04:02 PM | 0 | 727 |
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Referral arrangements with local DWP offices - looking for info
Hi
To set the scene....there is no LA welfare rights unit in the county I work in. Provision is patchy and done to very differing levels with vari | deni_esda | 20-Dec-06 12:33 PM
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Leicester CLAC
Further to the policy news story about the rejection of the only bid for the Leicester CLAC, Leicester Law Centre has issued a press release setting o | keith venables | 20-Dec-06 11:36 AM
by ken | 1 | 780 |
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Future of legal aid debated in Parliament
Karen Buck MP yesterday addressed Parliament to raise concerns about the government's proposals for legal aid services and their potential impact on t | shawn | 14-Dec-06 06:06 PM
by Neil Bateman | 1 | 737 |
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Alternative Offices
I have returned from a year's maternity leave to find discussions gong on about becoming an alternative office.
We are a small (one full time post, | jryan | 12-Dec-06 11:29 AM
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Information needed from other LA second tier services
Hello all
We are back in the arena of having to justify our existance (again!).I am trying to find out what other LAs have second tier welfare righ | Claire | 02-Dec-06 02:32 PM
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Information Leaflet for people coming from EEA countries
Has anyone drafted any kind of information leaflet for people coming from EEA countries and claiming benefits? We are looking to draft an information | LA | 30-Nov-06 04:39 PM
by Keoghd1 | 1 | 803 |
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NAWRA, Glasgow, Friday 1st December 2006.
Just a final reminder that the next NAWRA meeting will be held this coming Friday, 1st December, at Nye Bevan House, 20 India Street Glasgow G2 4PF.
| Alan Markey | 30-Nov-06 11:55 AM
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LSC's Community Legal Advice Centre plans in disarray
The Legal Services Commission's plans to introduce Community Legal Advice Centres (CLACs) in Gateshead and Leicester from next April have been hit by | shawn | 28-Nov-06 12:22 PM
by Gareth Morgan | 2 | 915 |
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Voluntary sector funding, Specialist Support consultation ... & the Legal Services Bill
latest rightsnet policy news ...
London Counci | shawn | 17-Nov-06 12:36 PM | 0 | 820 |
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Social Firm??
It's probably my usual ignorance but I have seen some references this week to "Social Firms" and have no idea what it means.
Can anyone explain wha | derek_S | 16-Nov-06 04:25 PM
by Paul_Treloar_ | 2 | 816 |
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Law Society and LSC disagree on legal aid 'lottery' ...
... see latest rightsnet policy news .... also includes -
Charities Act 2006: Most significant change in charity law in over 400 years
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Adviser magazine 20th anniversary readership survey!
Adviser magazine celebrates its 20th anniversary with the November/December issue.
To mark the occasion we are undertaking a comprehensive readersh | Alan Markey | 10-Nov-06 03:15 PM | 0 | 672 |
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Climbdown - Carter's fixed fees
It would appear that There is going to be a re-think!
http:// www.lawgazette.co.uk /news/breaking/view= newsarticle.law?GAZE TTENEWSID=305439
Steve | Steve Johnson | 07-Nov-06 03:51 PM
by Al Franco | 5 | 1257 |
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Advicenow seminars on information and education
(Edited to fix link)
Third Tuesday Seminars - except when it's a Thursday!
Advice Services Alliance's Advicenow project is holding a series of s | martinjones | 06-Nov-06 12:34 PM | 0 | 678 |
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latest rightsnet policy news ...
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North East London online referrals service: An alternative to the development of Community Legal Advice Centres?
Str | shawn | 02-Nov-06 06:59 PM | 0 | 645 |
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How not to learn from mistakes!
This is an extract from the news story today about the CSA:
"In evidence to the Commons Public Accounts Committee yesterday, Mr Lewis said that the | Tony Bowman | 30-Oct-06 02:38 PM
by sarahroy | 4 | 972 |
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Tougher sentences for unemployed?
One of those that makes you wish it was April 1st
http://politi cs.guardian.co.uk/ho meaffairs/story/0,,1 932173,00.html | andy_platts | 26-Oct-06 04:14 PM
by steve_h | 3 | 811 |
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Blunkett's words of wisdom
So, the former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions believes that the Social Fund encourages dependency and undermines self-reliance (Rightsnet ne | Neil Bateman | 18-Oct-06 12:25 PM
by jj | 6 | 1188 |
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