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25 October, 2011

Professor Harrington's suggestions for mental health descriptors represent 'substantial departure' from current assessment

Minister for Employment tells MPs that recommendations involve complete change of WCA, for physical as well as mental health issues

24 October, 2011

Information requirement / whether local authority carried out valid suspension and termination of award

CH/804/2011

24 October, 2011

Work Programme information sessions for ESA claimants from 24 October 2011

Written statement from Minister for Employment

21 October, 2011

Public justice at risk, warns Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council

Making it more difficult for people to challenge government decisions is the wrong response to unprecedented levels of demand

21 October, 2011

Government announces new interim chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee

Paul Gray brings a wealth of relevant skills and experience to the role, says Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

21 October, 2011

Miscellaneous amendments to social security legislation

New DWP guidance

21 October, 2011

Personal independence payment ‘tick box’ assessment risks replicating problems with WCA, says Scope

New report sets out blueprint for alternative assessment that looks at all aspects of an individual's life

21 October, 2011

Whether claimant had taken out loan to 'acquire alternative accommodation more suited to special needs of disabled person'

[2011] EWCA Civ 1186

20 October, 2011

104,000 households in London will lose money as a result of housing benefit reform, says Trust for London

New report on poverty in capital also shows that, whilst most households affected will be in one or two-bedroom accommodation, larger households will face greatest loss

20 October, 2011

DWP sets out details of Jobcentre Plus Offer

New equality impact assessment on offer designed to help jobcentre advisers 'focus on delivering results rather than completing activity and processes'

19 October, 2011

Whether claimant with Asperger syndrome was capable of entering into tenancy agreement with mother

CSH/168/2010

19 October, 2011

More than a million families could lose at least 16 per cent of council tax support under localisation, according to TUC

Union says that parameters to scheme, in combination with 10 per cent cut in spending, will force local authorities to 'push vulnerable families deeper into poverty and debt'

19 October, 2011

MPs vote to give Pensions Bill 2011 third reading in House of Commons

Government has 'listened and responded' to concerns of women most affected by accelerated rise in pension age, says Iain Duncan Smith

18 October, 2011

Consumer Prices Index for September 2011 reaches 5.2 per cent

Figure, which will be used to calculate next year's benefit uprating, has never been higher

17 October, 2011

Fraud ‘very rare’ amongst disability benefits and incapacity benefits claimants

New TUC briefing challenges 'unfounded and damaging' poverty myths

17 October, 2011

Number of young people claiming JSA in Scotland up by 79 per cent over three years to August 2010

New Citizens Advice Scotland report also finds that lower level of payments causes hardship and that young people are being misadvised by benefit staff

14 October, 2011

Support for mortgage interest under universal credit will continue ‘as now’, says Lord Freud

Minister confirms that support will not be available for people in full-time work

14 October, 2011

Increasing digital channel use amongst digitally excluded Jobcentre Plus claimants

New DWP research report