Welfare rights news and case law

21 October, 2008

Claimant without a 'place of employment' / whether travel from home an expense wholly, exclusively aned neccesarily incurred in the performance of claimant's duties

CH/1330/2008

21 October, 2008

National roll out of the ‘In and out of work’ pilots

Government says initiative will smooth transition from work to benefits and back again

21 October, 2008

Local housing allowance rates to be capped

New regulations to come into effect no later than April 2009

21 October, 2008

Introduction of the First-tier and Upper tribunals from November 2008

New statutory instruments

17 October, 2008

Increasing older peoples’ understanding and take-up of community care grants

New research for the DWP

17 October, 2008

Help with NHS costs in Wales for those in receipt of employment and support allowance

New statutory instrument

16 October, 2008

Increase in the cold weather payment for winter 2008/2009

New DWP guidance

16 October, 2008

Employment and support allowance residence and presence tests

New DWP guidance

15 October, 2008

Jobcentre Plus Chief Executive to take over at the Revenue

Chancellor welcomes Lesley Strathie to 'one of the biggest delivery jobs in government'

15 October, 2008

Government announces ‘massive cash injection’ to tackle rising unemployment

There is help out there if the worst happens, says Secretary of State

15 October, 2008

Claims and payments & decision making and appeals

New regulations in Northern Ireland

14 October, 2008

Less than half of those unhappy with Pension Service decisions know they can appeal

DWP publishes results of 2007 Customer Survey

14 October, 2008

Benefits need to be uprated in line with real costs faced by families

Child Poverty Action Group responds to latest inflation figures

13 October, 2008

Transfer of functions to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

New statutory instrument

13 October, 2008

DWP Standards Committee expresses concern about disability benefit decision making

Regard should be had not just to paying the right benefits and avoiding errors, but also to what is fair and 'customer focused'

13 October, 2008

Claims and payments & decision making and appeals

New miscellaneous amendment regulations

10 October, 2008

Transfer of functions to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

New statutory instrument

10 October, 2008

Miscellaneous amendments to employment and support allowance legislation in Northern Ireland

New statutory rules

10 October, 2008

Jobcentre Plus support for those affected by the current economic climate

We will do everything in our power to get people into work, says Secretary of State