Welfare rights news and case law

7 November, 2009

Community Allowance to be piloted in three areas from next year

DWP-funded scheme designed to support those on incapacity benefits into work

6 November, 2009

Descriptor 14(c) / memory and concentration / meaning of 'activities which are so habitual as to be second nature'

CE/456/2009

6 November, 2009

Retrospective self funding / suspension or termination of benefit / whether to revise or supersede a decision

CA/313/2009

6 November, 2009

Aligning payment of pensioner benefits with working age benefits

Government announces new rules from April 2010

5 November, 2009

Work restrictions to continue for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals

Interests of the resident workforce need to be protected says Home Office Minister

5 November, 2009

Government concession for lone parents with disabled children

Amendment to Welfare Reform Bill agreed in the Lords

4 November, 2009

Whether stress seizures count for the purposes of Activity 14 (remaining conscious)

CIB/1612/2009

4 November, 2009

Number of children in families on benefits increases by 170,000

Without substantial investment now, 2.3 million children will be living in poverty in 2010, says Campaign to End Child Poverty

4 November, 2009

Access to Work changes to provide more flexibility for those who require job coaching

New rules will be particularly helpful for those with learning disabilities, says Minister

3 November, 2009

Procedure to be followed by First-tier Judge when reviewing a decision and amending Statement of Reasons

CIB/331/2009

3 November, 2009

Disregarding child benefit in the assessment of housing benefit and council tax benefit

Changes introduced today will benefit more than 200,000 working families, says DWP

31 October, 2009

Enforcement proceedings in the County Court where benefit tribunal failed to address whether overpayment recoverable

[2009] EWCA Civ 743

31 October, 2009

Social care reforms could result in those currently claiming attendance allowance losing their entitlement

However 'equivalent level of support' will be provided, says Secretary of State

31 October, 2009

Miscellaneous working tax credit and child tax credit amendments

New statutory instrument

30 October, 2009

Child maintenance reform in Scotland

New statutory instrument

29 October, 2009

Whether claimant had had an ‘accident’ for the purposes of descriptor 15(g)

CIB/307/2009

28 October, 2009

Work does not guarantee a route out of poverty

New research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

27 October, 2009

Whether guaranteed minimum pension should be deducted from claimant’s total additional pension

[2009] EWCA Civ 1111

27 October, 2009

Real possibility that performance targets are encouraging Pathways providers to 'park' those perceived as hard to help

New DWP research