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18 September, 2009

Vaccine Damage Payments and swine flu

New statutory instrument

18 September, 2009

Carers find Jobcentre Plus ‘unwelcoming’ and its staff lacking in knowledge

DWP publishes new research

16 September, 2009

Adjudicator expresses disappointment at continuing high number of tax credit complaints

Cases taking a year to resolve despite introduction of revised Revenue guidance on overpayment recovery

16 September, 2009

Government abandons plan to restrict LHA payments to the level of the claimant’s rent liability

Reform ditched after backbench revolt, according to media reports

16 September, 2009

Benefit system is broken and traps millions in worklessness and dependency

Proposals for reform are 'very interesting' says leader of the Conservative Party

15 September, 2009

Increase in the permitted work earnings limit from October 2009

New regulations in Northern Ireland

15 September, 2009

Government postpones plans to extend maternity and paternity pay and leave

Spending cuts are inevitable, says Prime Minister

15 September, 2009

Councils need to do more to tackle council tax fraud

False claims for the single person discount costing £90 million a year, says Audit Commission

15 September, 2009

Claimants calling the DWP from a mobile phone should automatically be offered a ‘call back’

New Social Security Advisory Committee report

14 September, 2009

Rent officer determinations for local housing allowance purposes

New statutory instrument

14 September, 2009

Local authorities have ‘vital role’ in eradicating child poverty

Whitehall doesn't know best, says Treasury Minister

11 September, 2009

Benefit system should be ‘rebalanced’ to encourage both parents in low-income families to work

Smarter targeting necessary to meet child poverty targets, says Minister

10 September, 2009

Right of accession country nationals to work without requiring authorisation

New statutory instrument

9 September, 2009

Evaluation of the Partner Outreach for Ethnic Minorities programme

New DWP research

8 September, 2009

Benefit complexity making it difficult for carers to access support

New report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee

7 September, 2009

Students and entitlement to means tested benefits

New DWP guidance

7 September, 2009

Conservative Party proposes localisation of the welfare state

Benefit levels and eligibility criteria should be set by local councils according to local conditions

3 September, 2009

TUC calls for jobseeker’s allowance to be increased to £75/week

Keeping benefits levels low to encourage people into work makes no sense in a recession

3 September, 2009

Establishing a single national Valuation Tribunal for England

New statutory instruments