Welfare rights news and case law

14 August, 2009

Unemployment rises to 2.44 million

Global recession is continuing to have an impact, says Work and Pensions Minister

14 August, 2009

Health Secretary calls on incapacity benefit claimants to adopt healthier lifestyles

Getting one per cent back into the workplace would generate 'significant' savings

13 August, 2009

Treatment of foreign state pension where the claimant has an award of pension credit with an assessed income period

New DWP guidance

13 August, 2009

Supporting People and information sharing under Section 42 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007

New statutory instrument

13 August, 2009

Increases in the winter fuel payment for winter 2009/2010

New DWP guidance

13 August, 2009

Help with NHS costs in Scotland

New statutory instrument

11 August, 2009

Whether overpayment a consequence of misrepresentation or official error

CPC/333/2009

7 August, 2009

Start of entitlement to council tax benefit following award of pension credit

CH/392/2009

6 August, 2009

Effect of parallel HMRC Decision / duty to consider issue raised on appeal

CIS/55/2009

4 August, 2009

Right to reside and whether residence permit confers a right of residence

[2009] EWCA Civ 807

4 August, 2009

Circumstances in which lettings to tenants to whom support is provided may be contrived tenancies

CH/577/2009

4 August, 2009

Making HB payments direct to those living in temporary accommodation

No longer considered to be a 'key priority', DWP advises

3 August, 2009

Compulsory ‘Work for your benefit’ pilots to commence in October 2010

Participants will be required to engage in full-time work experience for up to 6 months

3 August, 2009

All benefits should be administered by a single agency and be claimed using a single form

New report from the Centre for Policy Studies

31 July, 2009

Right to reside / whether claimant involuntarily unemployed and on vocational training

CIS/2054/2008

31 July, 2009

Failure to disclose part-time work / assessment of claimant’s credibility / adequacy of reasons

CIB/838/2009

31 July, 2009

Misrepresentation / assessment of claimant’s credibility / adequacy of reasons

CDLA/834/2009

31 July, 2009

Pathways to Work and people with mental health conditions

DWP publishes new research

31 July, 2009

New Jobcentre Plus Chief Executive appointed

Government announcement