Welfare rights news and case law

18 December, 2007

Whether contributions made by relatives to funeral costs were loans

CIS/534/2007

18 December, 2007

Work is not an automatic route out of poverty, say MPs

New report from the Scottish Affairs Committee

17 December, 2007

Whether partner's earnings before becoming a member of a couple should be taken into account as income

CTC/2270/2007 — R(TC) 1/08

17 December, 2007

DWP experiences ‘slippage’ against key targets

However Department remains committed to delivering on hugely challenging agenda, says Secretary of State

14 December, 2007

Refusal to adjourn appeal tribunal hearing pending criminal prosecution

[2007] EWCA Civ 1324

14 December, 2007

Public perceptions of challenges facing the DWP

New DWP research

14 December, 2007

Housing costs met by IS, income-based JSA & pension credit

New DWP guidance

14 December, 2007

DWP’s management of its IT contracts is ‘globally leading edge’

New report from the Treasury's Office of Government Commerce

13 December, 2007

Overpayment recovery following discharge from bankruptcy

[2007] EWCA Civ 1327

13 December, 2007

Tribunal’s use of its power to reduce an award / adequacy of warning given to claimant

CDLA/2084/2007

13 December, 2007

Moving claimants from being passive recipients of cash handouts to job seekers actively seeking and preparing for work

Government publishes response to consultation on 'In work, better off' Green Paper

12 December, 2007

War pensions uprating 2008/2009

New rates now available

12 December, 2007

Government reiterates commitment to tackling child poverty

Parental employment provides the best sustainable solution, says 'Children's Plan'

11 December, 2007

Government proposes universal information, advice and advocacy service for recipients of adult social care

First-stop shops to be modelled on LinkAge Plus and delivered by the DWP and voluntary sector

11 December, 2007

Reducing administrative burdens through simplification

DWP publishes 2007/2008 Simplification Plan

11 December, 2007

Equalisation of state pension provision from April 2010

New DWP guidance

11 December, 2007

DWP should review treatment of councillors’ allowances in assessment of benefit

New report for the Department for Communities and Local Government

10 December, 2007

Whether tribunal erred in considering claimant’s ‘night needs’

CDLA/563/2007

10 December, 2007

Statutory sick pay, maternity pay, paternity pay and adoption pay uprating

Revenue confirms 2008/2009 rates