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13 March, 2012

Government announces details of personal independence payment phased launch

New claims to start in north of England from spring 2013, with national roll out from the summer 'once evidence is in place that processes are working as intended'

13 March, 2012

Charge on claimant's property should only be levied after period of support for mortgage interest has elapsed

Social Security Advisory Committee responds to DWP consultation on proposed changes to support for home owners

13 March, 2012

Poorer working mothers will lose benefit under universal credit, says Save the Children

Charity highlights income losses for working single parents and second earners, most of whom are women

13 March, 2012

National insurance credits for people in receipt of additional statutory paternity pay in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

13 March, 2012

Recovery of overpaid benefit in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

13 March, 2012

Payments by lenders for setting up mortgage direct payments in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

12 March, 2012

Whether HMRC and tribunal right to assume that 16 year old, who had gone to stay with boyfriend, was living with him 'as if they were spouses'

CF/1195/2011

12 March, 2012

DWP formally investigating allegation of attempted fraud in A4e mandatory work activity contract

Department also says that, as a result of allegation, it has commenced audit of all its commercial relationships with the Work Programme provider

12 March, 2012

Prescription of osteoarthritis of the knee in carpet fitters and carpet and floor layers as industrial disease in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

12 March, 2012

National insurance credits for people in receipt of additional statutory paternity pay

New statutory instrument

12 March, 2012

Social funds loans to be excluded from bankruptcy scheme and debt relief orders from 19 March 2012

'If we were not to take this measure, the Department's ability to make new loans to vulnerable people would be severely restricted', says Pensions Minister

12 March, 2012

Miscellaneous amendments to child support legislation

New statutory instrument

9 March, 2012

Right to reside / whether Big Issue seller was self-employed

CH/2859/2011

9 March, 2012

Whether claimant excluded from entitlement to mental health descriptors on grounds that health problems arose from physical cause

CE/2323/2010

9 March, 2012

Role of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council of ‘vital national importance’, say MPs

New Public Administration Committee report highlights need for independent review body in context of 650,000 hearings per year in tribunal system alone

9 March, 2012

DWP announces ‘Simple Payments’ for claimants unable to use bank accounts

New PayPoint service to be introduced from summer 2012 as cheque is phased out

8 March, 2012

Welfare Reform Act 2012 receives Royal Assent

'This is an historic moment for the coalition government and for my department', says Iain Duncan Smith

8 March, 2012

Families with children and low income households to lose most from tax and benefit changes in coming year

New Institute for Fiscal Studies report also highlights net 'takeaway' of £4.1bn, or average of £161 per household, rising to £9.8bn, or £370 per household, the following year