Welfare rights news and case law

12 November, 2010

Almost half of claimants found ESA50 questionnaire either difficult or impossible to complete

New DWP research report on survey of ESA claimants

12 November, 2010

Cancer risks in painters, lobar pneumonia in welders and occupational health in fire-fighters

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council publishes three new reports

12 November, 2010

Reaction to the welfare reform White Paper

Leading advice organisations respond to 'Universal Credit: welfare that works'

11 November, 2010

Universal Credit: welfare that works

Government publishes welfare reform White Paper

10 November, 2010

DWP abandons plans to introduce lie detector software

Technology judged a success in only 5 of 23 pilot studies

10 November, 2010

Labour Party loses vote on challenge to housing benefit reform

Opposition day motion defeated by 61 votes in House of Commons

10 November, 2010

Universal Credit will reduce number of workless households by 300,000 within three years

Welfare reforms in tomorrow's white paper will make work pay, says Deputy Prime Minister

9 November, 2010

Government publishes business plans for all departments

Plans to 'take power from government and hand it to people, families and communities' over next four years set out on 'transparency database'

8 November, 2010

Unemployed to be required to do four weeks of unpaid work or be sanctioned

'Play ball or it's going to be difficult' says Iain Duncan Smith

8 November, 2010

Housing benefit for property previously owned / whether claimant occupied dwelling

CH/662/2010

5 November, 2010

Migration of claimants from incapacity benefits to employment and support allowance

New DWP guidance

5 November, 2010

Correction of errors in the calculation of state pension

New housing benefit guidance

4 November, 2010

Amendment of the Tribunal Procedure rules

New statutory instrument

4 November, 2010

Government should rethink cut to DLA mobility component for people in residential care

Mencap concerned that cut will leave people with profound and multiple learning disabilities stuck in their care homes

4 November, 2010

DWP publishes details of when state pension age will increase to 66

Only fair that costs are shared among the generations, says Minister for Pensions

3 November, 2010

Overpayment / whether claimant could reasonably have been expected to realise she was being overpaid

CH/628/2010

3 November, 2010

Up-rating of state pensions

New statutory instrument

3 November, 2010

Higher rate mobility component / meaning of ‘severe behavioural problems’

CDLA/765/2010

3 November, 2010

Whether child tax credit payable to person living in EC country / whether CTC/1853/2009 correctly decided

CTC/3179/2009