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1 October, 2007

Information sharing, and changes to DLA/AA conditions of entitlement

New statutory instrument

26 September, 2007

Citizens Advice announces new partnership agreement with Jobcentre Plus

Aim is to deliver better advice and support to claimants

25 September, 2007

Prime Minister’s commitment to abolishing child poverty must be backed by extra investment

£4 billion extra a year needed, says the Child Poverty Action Group

25 September, 2007

Disability and Carers Service improves claims and dispute handling

Targets met despite reduction in staffing levels, according to latest figures

25 September, 2007

Armed forces personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan to get council tax ‘rebate’

Ministry of Defence to make payments from April 2008

24 September, 2007

Offsetting tax repayments against tax credit overpayments

Revenue proposals could be of use to claimants, says Citizens Advice

21 September, 2007

Benefit reform could cut council tax for one in three households

System has been failing society's most vulnerable for too long, says Local Government Association

20 September, 2007

Tribunal reform and replacement of the Council on Tribunals

New statutory instrument

20 September, 2007

Decision making and appeals and claims and payments

New miscellaneous amendment regulations

19 September, 2007

Independent inquiry to be launched after bulk of Pathways to Work contracts awarded to private companies

Serious obstacles persist in third sector playing a bigger role in delivering public services, says Acevo

18 September, 2007

Child Support Agency’s annual administrative costs exceed half a billion pounds

However CMEC expected to deliver significant savings, says Minister

14 September, 2007

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

Budget 2007 simplification measures included in new miscellaneous amendment regulations

14 September, 2007

Overpayments arising as a result of mismatched NI information held on DWP and Revenue IT systems

New regulations in Northern Ireland

13 September, 2007

£9.4 billion in means-tested benefits going unclaimed

Ministers must look again at the role of universal benefits, says CPAG

13 September, 2007

Students and help with NHS costs in Scotland

New statutory instrument

13 September, 2007

Quarter of a million cases affected by Revenue’s failure to follow correct procedures in re-examinin

No family will lose out and 20,000 overpayments to be refunded, says Minister

13 September, 2007

Performance, effectiveness and impact of Employment Zones

New DWP research

13 September, 2007

New Deal has reached the limit of its effectiveness in its present form

Personalised support should be available to all, says the Institute for Public Policy Research

13 September, 2007

Monitoring the performance of Jobcentre Plus personal advisers

New DWP research

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