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11 February, 2008

Overpayment recovery following discharge from bankruptcy

New HB guidance following recent Court of Appeal judgment

11 February, 2008

New prescribed disease for industrial injuries benefit purposes in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

11 February, 2008

National insurance numbers and the ‘right to work’ test

New statutory instrument

8 February, 2008

Impact of employment and support allowance on housing benefit and council tax benefit

New DWP guidance

8 February, 2008

Help with NHS costs in Scotland

New statutory instrument

8 February, 2008

Assurances given to Parliament about use of powers under the Fraud Act in danger of being breached

Local authorities need to take immediate action advises DWP

7 February, 2008

New Deal becoming less effective says Commons Public Accounts Committee

Government's aim of achieving 80% employment rate will be 'no easy task'

7 February, 2008

Government’s child poverty policies not reaching those in poorest families

Targeted nature of welfare support needs to be reviewed says Commons Scottish Affairs Committee

6 February, 2008

Increasing the number of couples that must make a joint claim for income-based JSA

New DWP guidance

6 February, 2008

Housing benefit subsidy to local authorities

New statutory instrument

5 February, 2008

Social housing applicants could be asked to sign contracts agreeing to actively seek work

Opportunities should be linked to employment and training, says government

5 February, 2008

More than £1 billion a year still being lost to tax credit fraud and error

Little evidence that the Revenue has the scheme under control, says Commons Public Accounts Committee

4 February, 2008

Suitability of government welfare reform adviser ‘must be under question’

CPAG responds to Freud's claim that two thirds of those on incapacity benefits are capable of work

4 February, 2008

DWP criticised for fragmented approach to increasing ethnic minority employment rates

Gap with the general population could take thirty years to close, says National Audit Office

1 February, 2008

Audit Scotland highlights DWP's failure to transfer benefit savings on the introduction of free personal care

Scottish Executive had factored in £30m a year in its costings of the policy

1 February, 2008

Revised tax credit overpayment recovery guidance maintains ‘unfair balance’ in favour of the Revenue

Problems likely to continue despite replacement of the 'reasonable belief test', says Low Incomes Tax Reform Group

31 January, 2008

Revenue should carry out research into whether fair outcomes are being achieved for tax credit appellants

Robust and transparent appeals system vital in maintaining claimant confidence, says CPAG

31 January, 2008

Revenue publishes extensively rewritten code of practice on tax credit overpayment recovery

New COP 26 designed to lead to 'fairer allocation' of responsibilities between claimants and the Department

30 January, 2008

HB/CTB performance indicators from April 2008

New DWP guidance