Welfare rights news and case law

19 August, 2008

Housing costs / need to provide separate sleeping arrangements for children of ten and over

CIS/1390/2007

19 August, 2008

Whether payment of retirement pension is income or capital

New pension credit guidance following recent commissioner's decision

18 August, 2008

Miscellaneous tax credit amendments

New statutory instrument

15 August, 2008

Widowed mother’s and widowed parent’s allowance where child not living with claimant

New regulations in Northern Ireland

15 August, 2008

Information sharing under Section 39 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007

New statutory rules

15 August, 2008

Extra fuel help to be targeted at tax credit claimants

Government rules out universal payment to child benefit recipients

15 August, 2008

Evaluation of Jobcentre Plus Back to Work group sessions

New DWP research

14 August, 2008

Right of widowers to widow’s benefits

[2008] ECHR 624

14 August, 2008

Right to reside / whether claimant in a 'durable' relationship / circumstances not obtaining at the time when the decision appealed against was made

CIS/612/2008

14 August, 2008

Backdating benefit / misleading advice led claimant to believe claim would not succeed

CIS/1107/2008

14 August, 2008

Winter fuel payment increases for 2008/2009

New DWP guidance

13 August, 2008

Meaning of ‘locality’ in determining the local reference rent for HB purposes

13 August, 2008

Valuation of National Savings Certificates

CIS/1733/2008

13 August, 2008

Official error overpayments almost double those arising as a result of claimant error

DWP publishes its 2007/2008 accounts

13 August, 2008

Meaning of ‘locality’ in determining the local reference rent for HB purposes

New DWP guidance following Lords judgment in Heffernan

13 August, 2008

Information to support HB/CTB claims will not be gathered during ESA claims process until late 2009

DWP issues guidance on 'interim' procedure

13 August, 2008

Creation of nine new unitary councils from April 2009

New HB guidance

12 August, 2008

Whether offence committed in failing to report a change of circumstances where no entitlement to benefit

[2008] EWCA Crim 1745

12 August, 2008

Overpayment / diminishing capital rule where capital held by child

CIS/498/2008