Welfare rights news and case law

13 December, 2007

Tribunal’s use of its power to reduce an award / adequacy of warning given to claimant

CDLA/2084/2007

13 December, 2007

Moving claimants from being passive recipients of cash handouts to job seekers actively seeking and preparing for work

Government publishes response to consultation on 'In work, better off' Green Paper

12 December, 2007

War pensions uprating 2008/2009

New rates now available

12 December, 2007

Government reiterates commitment to tackling child poverty

Parental employment provides the best sustainable solution, says 'Children's Plan'

11 December, 2007

Government proposes universal information, advice and advocacy service for recipients of adult social care

First-stop shops to be modelled on LinkAge Plus and delivered by the DWP and voluntary sector

11 December, 2007

Reducing administrative burdens through simplification

DWP publishes 2007/2008 Simplification Plan

11 December, 2007

Equalisation of state pension provision from April 2010

New DWP guidance

11 December, 2007

DWP should review treatment of councillors’ allowances in assessment of benefit

New report for the Department for Communities and Local Government

10 December, 2007

Whether tribunal erred in considering claimant’s ‘night needs’

CDLA/563/2007

10 December, 2007

Statutory sick pay, maternity pay, paternity pay and adoption pay uprating

Revenue confirms 2008/2009 rates

7 December, 2007

Right to reside / whether temporary incapacity must be based on claimant’s illness

CIS/599/2007

7 December, 2007

Whether overpaid tax credits count as income for benefit purposes

CIS/1813/2007

7 December, 2007

Distinguishing between day and night needs / need to consider advance award of benefit

CSDLA/535/2007

7 December, 2007

Private and voluntary sector involvement in the delivery of a reformed social fund loan scheme

DWP to conduct financial and practical feasibility study

6 December, 2007

Government confirms local authorities that will receive a share of the new Working Neighbourhoods Fund

Priority is turning around long term unemployment in our most disadvantaged communities, says Minister

6 December, 2007

Prescription charges for the chronically ill in Scotland will not be abolished until 2011

However cost of pre-payment certificates to be cut by more than 50%, says Minister

6 December, 2007

Keeping council tax under control remains a ‘top priority’

Increases need to be substantially below 5% next year, says government

5 December, 2007

Overpayment / application of the ‘diminishing capital rule’

CIS/2365/2007

5 December, 2007

Whether, when allowing an appeal against an 'outcome' decision, a tribunal must substitute another 'outcome ' decision

New HB guidance following Tribunal of Commissioners decision