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19 November, 2007

Whether ‘oath helping’ is admissible at tribunals

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19 November, 2007

Tribunals Service and legal aid budgets to be cut by £230 million

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19 November, 2007

New ‘Work Capability Assessment’ to be introduced with employment and support allowance

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16 November, 2007

Requiring HB departments and the Department for Social Development to use, without further checking, information previously provided to the other

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16 November, 2007

DWP error results in £26 million DLA/AA overpayment

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15 November, 2007

Government urged to introduce £12 per week private pension income disregard for means-tested benefits

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15 November, 2007

Former Law Society Chief Executive appointed Chair of the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

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14 November, 2007

Housing costs met by IS, income-based JSA & pension credit

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14 November, 2007

Health in Pregnancy Grant to be introduced in 2009

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14 November, 2007

Government employment and skills programmes need to be better integrated

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13 November, 2007

Autism and ‘severe mental impairment’ / whether tribunal erred in not following precedence of fact

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12 November, 2007

Right to reside as carer of a child in education

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12 November, 2007

Revenue restructures IT contract to save £50m a year

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12 November, 2007

Referring benefit fraud cases to the Magistrates’ Court rather than the Crown Court

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12 November, 2007

Incorrect benefit awards as a result of mismatched DWP and Revenue incapacity records

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12 November, 2007

Government launches Work Options pilot

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12 November, 2007

Electronic system to be introduced to ensure claimants have access to up-to-date LHA information

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12 November, 2007

Abolition of council tax in Scotland

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9 November, 2007

More than 10,000 DLA cases to be reviewed each year under DWP’s ‘Right Payment Programme’

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