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6 December, 2006

Child benefit to be paid from 29th week of pregnancy

Government announcement following 'powerful representations'

5 December, 2006

Reform of the system for dealing with appeals against council tax bandings

Government launches consultation

5 December, 2006

Estimated cost of employment and support allowance increases by £23 million

IT costs could also increase by further £80 million, says DWP

5 December, 2006

DWP publishes its first disability and gender equality schemes

'We need to place diversity and equality at the heart of everything we do', says Permanent Secretary

4 December, 2006

Revenue working on strategy to deliver tax credits with claimants ‘at the heart’ of its activities

Government responds to critical Treasury Committee report

4 December, 2006

Benefit and tax credit increases lead to reduction in child poverty in Scotland

New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report

1 December, 2006

Employment tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment legislation

New DWP guidance

30 November, 2006

Responsibility for the Rent Service to be transferred to the Revenue

Government announcement

29 November, 2006

Improvements needed to Jobcentre Plus personal adviser service

New report from the National Audit Office

29 November, 2006

Government calls for council tax increases of less than 5%

However councils should provide more stable funding for the third sector, says Local Government Minister

29 November, 2006

A ‘landmark settlement’ for future generations

Government publishes the Pensions Bill

28 November, 2006

rightsnet launches new tax credits website

New adviser resource now available

27 November, 2006

New options for making HB claims and reporting changes of circumstances in Northern Ireland

New statutory rules

27 November, 2006

New Healthy Start scheme could fail from the outset

Administrative changes needed, says Citizens Advice

27 November, 2006

Further roll-out of Pathways to Work

New statutory instrument

24 November, 2006

Tackling poverty involves much more than the redistribution of money through the tax and benefits sy

'We have to look beyond state welfare', says leader of the Conservative Party

24 November, 2006

Help with NHS costs

National Health Service Act 2006 receives Royal Assent

23 November, 2006

Raising the state pension age is a ‘big step, but the right thing to do’

Failure to act will pass on 'unsustainable burden' to next generation, says Secretary of State