Welfare rights news and case law

11 October, 2005

DWP loses £3 billion due to fraud and error

Public Accounts Committee criticises 'astronomical' loss

11 October, 2005

DWP forms Welfare Reform Advisers Forum

Prominent specialists and thinkers to discuss the challenges involved in creating a 21st Century welfare state

10 October, 2005

Whether embarrassment is a factor to be taken into account when applying the higher rate mobility component test

CDLA/313/2005

10 October, 2005

Secretary of State sets out eight core principles guiding welfare state reform

Government aims 'to liberate people to make the most of their lives'

10 October, 2005

National Audit Office qualifies Inland Revenue’s accounts for the third year running

Level of tax credit overpayments 'unacceptably high'

10 October, 2005

Income-based JSA and shared care of children

New DWP guidance

8 October, 2005

Amendments to the ‘sitting’ descriptor and definition of severe mental illness are not ‘ultra vires’

CIB/169/2005

7 October, 2005

More than 160,000 extra incapacity benefit claimants now covered by Pathways to Work

Pilot schemes extended to new areas

7 October, 2005

Civil partnerships and benefits in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

6 October, 2005

Circumstances to be taken into account when applying the six-month prospective test

CDLA/1531/2005

6 October, 2005

More than a million families miss tax credit renewal deadline

Overpayment notices may result in helplines being overwhelmed

6 October, 2005

Miscellaneous changes to housing benefit and council tax benefit rules

New DWP guidance

5 October, 2005

Jobcentre Plus needs greater capacity to deliver front-line support services

New IPPR report calls for reprioritisation of resources

4 October, 2005

Calculation of state second pension where claimant receives one or more occupational pensions

CP/375/2005

4 October, 2005

Work-Focused Interviews for Partners and Enhanced New Deal for Partners

New DWP research

4 October, 2005

Pension credit and ‘board and lodging accommodation’

New DWP guidance

4 October, 2005

Miscellaneous changes to the assessment of income and capital

New income support & JSA guidance

4 October, 2005

Jobcentre Plus service delivery

Results of new DWP claimant survey

3 October, 2005

Whether a claimant, pending a successful incapacity appeal, falls within a prescribed category of person eligable for income support

CIS/2445/2005