Welfare rights news and case law

1 December, 2005

Computerised medical assessments

Guidance for approved doctors now available on rightsnet

30 November, 2005

New ‘Healthy Start’ scheme in Devon and Cornwall

New statutory instrument

30 November, 2005

Increase in state pension age & pensions based on residency rather than contributions

Turner Commission publishes report on pensions reform

30 November, 2005

Citizens Advice urges government to reform single room rent scheme

Young people on low incomes continue to face the risk of serious debt and homelessness

29 November, 2005

Automatic take-up of council tax benefit without the need to claim

Minister announces feasibility report will be received in Spring 2006

28 November, 2005

Phase One of ‘Healthy Start’ scheme launched today

Tackling inequalities caused by poor diet

28 November, 2005

Office for National Statistics to be made independent of government

Enhancing integrity and increasing public confidence

28 November, 2005

More than 1/3 million applications caught up in CSA backlog

New official figures

28 November, 2005

Chancellor and Lord Turner hold constructive talks about pensions reform

Pensions Commission report to be published this week

28 November, 2005

Assessed income periods, and the treatment of financial assistance scheme payments

New pension credit guidance

25 November, 2005

Need for walking difficulties to have a physical cause

CDLA/2879/2004 — R(DLA) 4/06

25 November, 2005

Whether refusal of widow’s benefits in polygamous marriages is discriminatory under Human Rights Act

CP/3114/2003 — R(P) 2/06

25 November, 2005

Need for walking difficulties to have a physical cause

CDLA/2899/2004

25 November, 2005

Turner pensions reforms will cost less than the current state system

Commission to forecast that public spending on pensions will be higher than the government's projections

25 November, 2005

Staffing problems contributing to poor service delivery in Jobcentre Plus contact centres

DWP evidence to Work and Pensions Select Committee

25 November, 2005

Silica-related renal disease and industrial injuries benefit

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council position paper

25 November, 2005

Government ‘welcomes’ tribunal ruling on Gulf War Syndrome

Minister says that decision confirms view consistently taken by Ministry of Defence

25 November, 2005

Benefit system a barrier to young people making a successful start to adult life

New Social Exclusion Unit report

25 November, 2005

Assessed income periods, and the treatment of financial assistance scheme payments (Northern Ireland

New pension credit regulations