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24 November, 2005

Valuation of properties for HB/CTB purposes

New DWP guidance

24 November, 2005

Sporting injuries and industrial injuries benefit

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council position paper

24 November, 2005

Social fund should be expanded to improve access to credit for those on low-incomes

New Joseph Rowntree Foundation research

24 November, 2005

Secretary of State sets out five tests for welfare reform

System must be a floor below which none should be allowed to fall, but should also promote personal responsibility

24 November, 2005

Online claims for Jobcentre Plus administered benefits

New HB guidance

24 November, 2005

Government acknowledges that Jobcentre Plus Customer Management System not as robust as it needs to

Minister says that 'teething problems' have led to unacceptable delays

24 November, 2005

Ethnicity monitoring of HB/CTB claimants

New DWP guidance

24 November, 2005

Civil partnerships and council tax discounts (Scotland)

New statutory instrument

24 November, 2005

Chancellor rules out ‘unaffordable’ pensions reforms

Turner Commission should also not assume that pension credit will continue to rise in line with earnings

23 November, 2005

Benefit reforms improve the social inclusion of people with mental health problems

National Social Inclusion Programme publishes its first annual report

23 November, 2005

Working Neighbourhoods Pilots

New DWP research

23 November, 2005

Jobcentre Plus to introduce enhanced National Insurance number application process

To be rolled out in stages from January to March 2006

23 November, 2005

Helping carers to remain in, or return to, work

New DWP research

23 November, 2005

Economic inactivity due to ill health is fast becoming the big issue of the 21st century

The survival of the welfare state depends on more people in work says Minister

23 November, 2005

CSA fails to meet five out of seven performance targets

Former welfare minister calls for some of the agency's functions to be abolished

22 November, 2005

Whether transitional rules on backdating of CTC are ultra vires / contrary to European Convention on Human Rights

CTC/326/2005

22 November, 2005

Social fund maternity and funeral expenses payments (Northern Ireland)

New statutory rule

22 November, 2005

Severe hardship payment claims by young people aged 16 and 17

New DWP guidance on third party corroboration of 'estrangement'

22 November, 2005

Revenue negotiates settlement with tax credits computer firm

£71.25m represents a fair outcome for the taxpayer