Welfare rights news and case law

5 December, 2006

DWP publishes its first disability and gender equality schemes

'We need to place diversity and equality at the heart of everything we do', says Permanent Secretary

4 December, 2006

Revenue working on strategy to deliver tax credits with claimants ‘at the heart’ of its activities

Government responds to critical Treasury Committee report

4 December, 2006

Benefit and tax credit increases lead to reduction in child poverty in Scotland

New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report

1 December, 2006

Inaccessible benefits contributing to ‘shocking levels of poverty’ among families with disabled chil

New report published by CPAG

1 December, 2006

Employment tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment legislation

New DWP guidance

30 November, 2006

Whether a caravan is capital / meaning of ‘personal possessions’

CH/3700/2006 — R(H) 7/08

30 November, 2006

Tribunal’s assessment of medical evidence / significance of Waddell signs

CDLA/2747/2006

30 November, 2006

Responsibility for the Rent Service to be transferred to the Revenue

Government announcement

29 November, 2006

Whether deprivation of capital by someone who later becomes the claimant's partner can amount to notional capital

CIS/1757/2006 — R(IS) 7/07

29 November, 2006

Whether it is improbable that a doctor would falsely claim to have carried out a medical examination

CIB/502/2006

29 November, 2006

Improvements needed to Jobcentre Plus personal adviser service

New report from the National Audit Office

29 November, 2006

Government calls for council tax increases of less than 5%

However councils should provide more stable funding for the third sector, says Local Government Minister

29 November, 2006

A ‘landmark settlement’ for future generations

Government publishes the Pensions Bill

28 November, 2006

rightsnet launches new tax credits website

New adviser resource now available

27 November, 2006

Equal treatment directive - whether male-female transsexual entitled to retirement pension at age 60

CP/428/2004 — R(P) 1/07

27 November, 2006

Whether claimant overpaid due to loss of ordinary residence in Great Britain

CA/2650/2006

27 November, 2006

New options for making HB claims and reporting changes of circumstances in Northern Ireland

New statutory rules

27 November, 2006

New Healthy Start scheme could fail from the outset

Administrative changes needed, says Citizens Advice

27 November, 2006

Further roll-out of Pathways to Work

New statutory instrument