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9 December, 2010

New Access to Work on-line questionnaire and ‘pre-employment eligibility letter’

Change will give disabled people the confidence to apply for jobs, says Minister for Disabled People

9 December, 2010

Jobseekers who refuse training could lose benefits, says Minister for Employment

DWP launches consultation on skills conditionality

8 December, 2010

Miscellaneous amendments to tax credits

New statutory instrument

8 December, 2010

Drug dependant claimants to face 'rigorous enforcement' of sanctions if they refuse treatment

New government strategy will give people every chance of competing in today's labour market, says Work and Pensions Minister

7 December, 2010

Reform of local housing allowance from April 2011

New HB guidance

7 December, 2010

Government lists ‘standard equipment’ not eligible for Access to Work funding

Updated guidance to Jobcentre staff placed in House of Commons library

7 December, 2010

Introduction of social fund budgeting loans for maternity or baby items and funeral expenses

New rules to be introduced 'late next year' says Minister for Pensions

6 December, 2010

More than half of children in poverty not in workless households

New report from Joseph Rowntree Foundation says that child poverty in working households must be given the same focus as out-of-work poverty

6 December, 2010

Council of Mortgage Lenders rejects Lord Freud’s request to charge claimants the SMI rate

'Moral hazard' in giving borrowers signal that they don't have to comply with contractual terms of mortgage, says Council

6 December, 2010

DLA to be replaced by a ‘personal independence payment’

Government launches consultation on disability benefit reform

3 December, 2010

Government should not automatically increase benefits for children

Funds should be diverted to support for parenting, home learning and child care, says Frank Field's review of poverty and life chances

2 December, 2010

Role of disability benefits in future funding of care and support in England

Commission on Funding of Care and Support questions whether current state spending delivers value for money

2 December, 2010

Help with NHS costs in Wales

New statutory instrument

2 December, 2010

Review of housing benefit for those in ‘exempt’ and supported accommodation

New DWP research

2 December, 2010

Welfare policy being formulated without good evidence on whether sanctions yield long-term positive gains

New research published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

2 December, 2010

NAO qualifies social fund account for 2009-2010 due to ‘material levels of error’

Accidental destruction of 229,000 case files by Jobcentre Plus identified as a 'significant issue'

2 December, 2010

RADAR chief executive to undertake independent review of specialist disability employment programmes

DWP launches call for evidence as part of review process

2 December, 2010

LHA reform could lead to increases in rent arrears, eviction and households presenting themselves as homeless

Risks identified by DWP Impact Assessment on April 2011 changes

1 December, 2010

Local housing allowance restrictions should not go ahead according to SSAC

Committee's recommendation to government following consultation on private rented sector housing benefit reforms