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Warm Front Grants
Dear Welfs, i was chatting to a Housing Association Worker recently about warm front grants and she told me that some of her clients who have been awa
Andy P02-Jun-06 03:41 PM
by andy p2
3657
Proportionality, Aim in View , Spirit Of - Gone but not forgotten?
Sorry but I feel I need to get this off my chest. In the case of 'Thomas and others' about ICA/SDA and equal treatment between men and women in mat
paddyhill30-May-06 01:55 PM0358
money for .....
from today's guardian -'No 10's man to get paid £900 a day to scrap CSA. The man appointed by the government to scrap the Child Support
shawn30-May-06 01:42 PM
by jj
1379
capital and care homes - intentional deprivation?
elderly person in a home part nursing care part residential therefore part of the cost is borne by the health authority. elderly person does not have
claire hodgson30-May-06 09:58 AM0331
Seperated partner of European worker
Can anyone jog my memory with this one? Unless i have imagined it, there is a ECJ decision (German case ?) where the seperated partner of a Europea
aidan mccane27-May-06 10:41 AM
by aidan mccane
2412
Danish Disability Pensions
Does anyone know anything about the Danish disability pension scheme? I've a client who is pursuing an IS appeal for a fixed period during which hi
Dan_manville25-May-06 12:42 PM
by nevip
1467
NAWRA - Durham, 2nd June 2006
Hi Just a reminder that the next NAWRA conference will be held at County Hall, Durham, on Friday 2nd June from 9.30 am. The guest speaker is Pro
Alan Markey24-May-06 04:36 PM0317
Prisoners and work
Hello Can anybody tell me if the work done by a prisoner has any bearing on his claim for IB upon release? Cheers Ali
ali l10-May-06 12:56 PM
by suelees
10664
Timespan Database software
Hi there. This may be a strange question to ask but I hope someone out there may be able to help. I am trying to find an installation disk for a com
Jaycee08-May-06 12:49 PM
by rwilkinson
5447
Video evidence (unofficial)
Can anyone tell me if video evidence from a neighbour is admissible at a DLA appeal hearing? Neighbour recorded client working in his garden and a des
anned05-May-06 08:18 AM
by nevip
4614
Adviser Discretion Fund
Can anyone help me with this query Maximum payments from the ADF used to be limited to £300, which was reduced to £100 a couple of years ago. Howev
chrisduran28-Apr-06 01:12 PM
by chrisduran
2434
What has happened to the contact centre for Glasgow?
I've been trying the contact centre number for a couple of weeks now, couldn't get through, phoned up a couple of Jobcentre Pluses, who tried to deny
ali l27-Apr-06 01:46 PM
by ali l
2527
Welfare harmonisation across Europe is proving an elusive goal
article from epolitix.com - 'In January of this year EU ministers for employment and social affairs met up in Austria to try to find c
shawn21-Apr-06 12:24 PM0305
Budget 2005 policy changes will take 15 months to reach CMS
An interesting story from this week's Computing Jobce ntre Plus misses deadline Budget 2005 policy changes will take 15 months to reach CMS S
Gareth Morgan20-Apr-06 03:35 PM
by mike shermer
1368
Rightsnet subscriptions ... renew at last year's prices !
With the 1st anniversary of the launch of our news and 'briefcase' caselaw service fast approaching, we're pleased to announce that subscriptions for
shawn19-Apr-06 04:13 PM0315
LA funding during 12-week disregard period
I'm not sure if this is the right forum to put this problem - if not, the editor will doubtless re-direct me! Scenario - permanent rescare admissio
jimpepin18-Apr-06 12:48 PM
by SimonMee
3633
CPAG handbook
Just got my 2006/2007 edition, not sure about the picture of the dodgems on the front cover - maybe a new way to avoid fraud detection? They've also
steve_h13-Apr-06 12:35 PM
by bensup
4562
Sharing the Knowledge - Sharing the Benefits conference ...
We have been contacted by Luke Thomas who says - 'We (the British Gas Help the Aged partnership) are running a FREE conference on Tuesday, 25th Apr
ken12-Apr-06 02:58 PM0385
Social Security Agency Business Plan 2006/07
I'm wondering what "non vital activity" is? Does it only exist in Northern Ireland?
Margie12-Apr-06 07:45 AM0305
Nine out of ten DWP staff
From today's rightsnet news story, The DWP says that it plans to use the survey results to 'identify strengths and opportunities for improvement an
steve_h11-Apr-06 02:12 PM
by nevip
1419
Hospital downrating change
Have read all the new DMG memos on restoring benefits to full rate and am struggling now with the abolition of the linking rule and how this affects w
rwils10-Apr-06 12:23 PM0330
New hospital inpatients regs
Has anyone got their head round all the minutiae of these? In particular the change to entitlement of prisoners transferred to hospital under the Men
rwils10-Apr-06 10:44 AM
by franrobinson
161423
Old discussion forum
Can any one tell me if it still possible to searchthe old version of the discussion forum on Rightsnet? I'm sure that there used to be a link from the
SLloyd07-Apr-06 11:43 AM
by andy p2
9451
Authors required for Adviser article
The Adviser is a bi-monthly magazine that provides information on social security, housing, employment, money advice and consumer issues. The benefits
FionaS04-Apr-06 02:48 PM0378
Re: Guess who?...check this out...
is one of the UK's largest IT service providers with 26 million customers affecting 33% of all retail banking transactions within the UK. You will be
jj03-Apr-06 07:49 AM
by Margie
12791
CMS system and BSL users
In Leicester if people do not attend their work focused interview with a correctly completed form and evidence after going thru the rest of CMs they a
dmoore30-Mar-06 11:52 AM0301
Porth Debt Management
Anyone out there in the know about Porth Debt Management? I'm involved with a case in which well over 12 months have elapsed since the decision on ent
suewelsh30-Mar-06 09:15 AM
by suewelsh
2389
asylum support rates
not benefits but ...... new asylum support rates are out ... see the Asylum Support (Amend
shawn29-Mar-06 11:32 AM
by ali l
2366
Benefits and creditors in the budget
I've skimmed through the rightsnet report on the budget, and is it just me, or does the article about lenders being able to apply to have repayments d
ali l27-Mar-06 10:06 AM
by ali l
2370
Means tested benefits and property owner
I don't think there's any way round this but welcome any comments. Client bought under Right to Buy 2/3 years ago and both her and her daughter are n
suelees21-Mar-06 09:43 AM
by nevip
13977