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18 May, 2012

Government confirms that benefit cap letter sent to thousands of claimants with disabled children

More than 2,500 claimants with children in receipt of DLA affected, says Work and Pensions Minister

18 May, 2012

MS Society Chief Executive appointed to Professor Harrington’s WCA Scrutiny Panel

Announcement follows last month's resignation of Mind Chief Executive

18 May, 2012

CMEC's cost reduction plans are 'high risk' and rely too heavily on charging parents to use its services

Savings also contingent on new IT system which is already late, says Commons Public Accounts Committee

18 May, 2012

Government responds to Select Committee's concerns about negative tone of press coverage of disabled benefit claimants

DWP says that it recognises need to 'work together and do more to challenge and change negative attitudes'

18 May, 2012

Whether claimant detained in hospital following criminal proceedings entitled to disability premium

CIS/1179/2011

17 May, 2012

Universal credit will ‘dramatically reduce’ fraud and error, according to Lord Freud

Response to new statistics showing that £1.3bn underpaid and £3.2bn overpaid in 2012/2012

17 May, 2012

Update on size criteria in the social rented sector for working age claimants from April 2013

DWP to issue regulations this month allowing local authorities to collect information from landlords

16 May, 2012

DWP missed opportunities to detect potential problems at A4e, says National Audit Office

New report finds that level of fraud in current employment programmes are low, yet risks remain

16 May, 2012

David Cameron considering further £25bn of welfare cuts

Report that plans include further housing benefit cuts and 'mark two' universal credit

16 May, 2012

Changes to lone parent obligations for those whose youngest child is aged 5 or above

New DWP guidance

16 May, 2012

Treating hospital in-patients as having limited capability for work

New DWP guidance

16 May, 2012

Lodger with exclusive occupation of a room can be classed as a non-dependant if facts support that conclusion

CPC/1728/2011

16 May, 2012

Whether refusal of child tax credit to substantial minority carer is discriminatory under the European Convention on Human Rights

[2012] UKSC 18

15 May, 2012

DWP terminates Mandatory Work Activity contract with A4e for the South East

Minister for Employment identifies 'serious weaknesses' in A4e's internal controls

15 May, 2012

Work Programme providers may be paid over £1bn for 'outcomes that would have been achieved without the Programme'

New Public Accounts Committee report also questions ability of providers to meet targets in face of difficult economic conditions

15 May, 2012

Child benefit reforms ‘a disaster waiting to happen’

Institute of Chartered Accountants warns that benefit could be paid in one year to one person and recovered the following year from someone else

15 May, 2012

Amount of local housing allowance where extra bedroom required due to needs of disabled person

[2012] EWCA Civ 629

14 May, 2012

Supersession of decisions made by former appeal tribunals and Commissioners

New statutory instrument corrects drafting errors in Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008

14 May, 2012

Income support for lone parents with a child under the age of five

New commencement order in relation to the Welfare Reform Act 2009