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16 September, 2009

Adjudicator expresses disappointment at continuing high number of tax credit complaints

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16 September, 2009

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

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16 September, 2009

Benefit system is broken and traps millions in worklessness and dependency

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15 September, 2009

Whether statement in JSA agreement of type of work sought amounts to a restriction on availability / good cause for failing to apply for vacancy

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15 September, 2009

Increase in the permitted work earnings limit from October 2009

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15 September, 2009

Government postpones plans to extend maternity and paternity pay and leave

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15 September, 2009

Councils need to do more to tackle council tax fraud

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15 September, 2009

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

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14 September, 2009

Rent officer determinations for local housing allowance purposes

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14 September, 2009

Local authorities have ‘vital role’ in eradicating child poverty

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11 September, 2009

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

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10 September, 2009

Official error by DWP in not notifying local authority of claimant's death / whether landlord could reasonably have been expected to know that benefit being overpaid

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10 September, 2009

Right of accession country nationals to work without requiring authorisation

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9 September, 2009

Evaluation of the Partner Outreach for Ethnic Minorities programme

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8 September, 2009

Benefit complexity making it difficult for carers to access support

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7 September, 2009

Students and entitlement to means tested benefits

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7 September, 2009

Conservative Party proposes localisation of the welfare state

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4 September, 2009

Whether claimant’s supported housing was ‘exempt accommodation’ for HB purposes

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3 September, 2009

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

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