Welfare rights news and case law

20 November, 2007

DWP to roll out DLA/AA special rules review exercise

Pilot to be widened to include those who've been in receipt of benefit for three years

20 November, 2007

Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board should offer advice across all benefits

Compartmentalised policy thinking reinforces barriers to truly customer-focused services, says DWP

19 November, 2007

Benefit entitlement following change of gender

CIB/2248/2006

19 November, 2007

Whether person from abroad ‘temporarily without funds’

CH/4248/2006

19 November, 2007

Need to continue to satisfy ‘disability conditions’ for a period of six months

CDLA/1313/2007

19 November, 2007

Whether ‘oath helping’ is admissible at tribunals

CDLA/1576/2007

19 November, 2007

Tribunals Service and legal aid budgets to be cut by £230 million

Efficiency challenge facing Ministry of Justice is 'substantial'

19 November, 2007

New ‘Work Capability Assessment’ to be introduced with employment and support allowance

Fifty per cent of those who take the test will not pass it, says government

16 November, 2007

Requiring HB departments and the Department for Social Development to use, without further checking, information previously provided to the other

New statutory rule

16 November, 2007

DWP error results in £26 million DLA/AA overpayment

Steps have been taken to prevent duplicate payments occurring in the future, says Minister

15 November, 2007

Government urged to introduce £12 per week private pension income disregard for means-tested benefits

Would be fairer to pensioners and encourage people to save for retirement, says Help the Aged

15 November, 2007

Former Law Society Chief Executive appointed Chair of the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

Government announcement

14 November, 2007

Housing costs met by IS, income-based JSA & pension credit

New statutory instrument

14 November, 2007

Health in Pregnancy Grant to be introduced in 2009

However, new payment dependent on receipt of health advice, says Minister

14 November, 2007

Government employment and skills programmes need to be better integrated

Halving the number of repeat JSA claims could save £520 million a year, says new NAO report

13 November, 2007

Autism and ‘severe mental impairment’ / whether tribunal erred in not following precedence of fact

CDLA/2288/2007

12 November, 2007

Right to reside as carer of a child in education

CIS/3444/2006

12 November, 2007

Revenue restructures IT contract to save £50m a year

However move will cost more than £1 billion, reports computerweekly.com

12 November, 2007

Referring benefit fraud cases to the Magistrates’ Court rather than the Crown Court

New HB guidance on national roll out of pilot scheme