Welfare rights news

10 October, 2007

Requiring HB departments and the DWP to use, without further checking, information previously provided to the other

New statutory instrument

10 October, 2007

DWP to make savings of more than £1.2 billion over the next four years

A challenge to look forward to, says Work and Pensions Secretary

9 October, 2007

Jobcentre Plus Personal Advisers should spend less time on adminstrative work and more time with claimants

New Commons Public Accounts Committee report

9 October, 2007

Welfare benefit & tax credit highlights in today’s pre-Budget report

'Meeting the aspirations of the British people'

9 October, 2007

Revenue’s application of its overpayment guidance is unfair and unreasonable

Decisions seem to fly in the face of the aims of tax credit policy, says Parliamentary Ombudsman

9 October, 2007

Government continues to demonstrate a lack of commitment to improving the social fund

New Commons Treasury Committee report

8 October, 2007

Payment of AA/DLA to care home residents

New statutory instrument

8 October, 2007

National rollout of the local housing allowance in the private rented sector

New statutory instruments

8 October, 2007

Government must do more to tackle child poverty in working households

Priority must be helping people out of low paid and low skilled jobs, says IPPR

5 October, 2007

National rollout of the local housing allowance in the private rented sector

New statutory instrument

5 October, 2007

Means-tested benefit earnings disregards should rise to sixteen times the minimum wage

Reform could have significant impact on lone parent employment rates, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

5 October, 2007

Council tax appeals and the new Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council

New regulations in Scotland

5 October, 2007

Automatic disclosure of information to child support appeal tribunals

New statutory instruments

5 October, 2007

‘Back to work’ teams should be responsible for issuing medical certificates

National Director for Health and Work due to report to Ministers in the New Year

4 October, 2007

Changes to ensure that the benefit appointee process reflects changes introduced by the Mental Capacity Act 2005

New HB guidance

4 October, 2007

UK Commission for Employment and Skills to be established next year

New body will increase employer engagement and investment in skills, says Minister

4 October, 2007

Sharing of social security information between the DWP and local authorities

New guidance on changes introduced by the Welfare Reform Act

3 October, 2007

Earnings limits, termination payments and income from sub tenants

New DWP guidance on recent miscellaneous amendment regulations

1 October, 2007

Treatment of final payments on leaving work & income from boarders and sub tenants

New DWP guidance