Welfare rights news and case law

25 September, 2007

Armed forces personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan to get council tax ‘rebate’

Ministry of Defence to make payments from April 2008

24 September, 2007

Calculation of self-employed earnings for carer’s allowance purposes

CG/1491/2007

24 September, 2007

Offsetting tax repayments against tax credit overpayments

Revenue proposals could be of use to claimants, says Citizens Advice

21 September, 2007

Whether appeal against entitlement or overpayment decision

CIS/1243/2007

21 September, 2007

Termination of council tax benefit for failure to provide information

CH/2995/2006

21 September, 2007

Overpayment - whether advance credit to council tax account is excess benefit

CH/3076/2006

21 September, 2007

Revision/supersession following conversion of mobility allowance to mobility component

CDLA/671/2007

21 September, 2007

Failure to give reasons for ignoring evidence

CDLA/1880/2007

21 September, 2007

Benefit reform could cut council tax for one in three households

System has been failing society's most vulnerable for too long, says Local Government Association

20 September, 2007

Entitlement based on daughter being a dependent child of someone with a right to reside

CIS/1545/2007 — R(IS) 3/09

20 September, 2007

Tribunal reform and replacement of the Council on Tribunals

New statutory instrument

20 September, 2007

Decision making and appeals and claims and payments

New miscellaneous amendment regulations

19 September, 2007

Independent inquiry to be launched after bulk of Pathways to Work contracts awarded to private companies

Serious obstacles persist in third sector playing a bigger role in delivering public services, says Acevo

18 September, 2007

Child Support Agency’s annual administrative costs exceed half a billion pounds

However CMEC expected to deliver significant savings, says Minister

17 September, 2007

Whether nausea relevant in applying cooking test

CDLA/1256/2007 — R(DLA) 1/08

17 September, 2007

Whether claimant’s business losses can be offset against partner’s employed earnings

CH/1099/2007 — R(H) 5/08

14 September, 2007

Treatment of final payments on leaving work & income from boarders and sub tenants

Budget 2007 simplification measures included in new miscellaneous amendment regulations

14 September, 2007

Overpayments arising as a result of mismatched NI information held on DWP and Revenue IT systems

New regulations in Northern Ireland

13 September, 2007

Failure to perform steps in Jobseeker's Agreement / whether use of the internet and email are reasonable steps in a jobsearch

CJSA/1814/2007