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13 August, 2008

Creation of nine new unitary councils from April 2009

New HB guidance

11 August, 2008

Making one-off fuel payment to child benefit claimants

Government plays down media reports

8 August, 2008

Widowed mother’s and widowed parent’s allowance where child not living with claimant

New statutory instrument

8 August, 2008

Vaccine damage payments

New statutory instrument

8 August, 2008

Supporting People and information sharing under Section 42 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007

New statutory instruments

8 August, 2008

Increasing the child maintenance disregard in income support and JSA

New statutory instrument

7 August, 2008

Claimants’ views on the government’s proposals for improving the basic skills of those out of work

New DWP research

6 August, 2008

DWP research shows that vocational rehabilitation could reduce numbers going on to long term incapacity benefits

Working an 'important step' in people's recovery, says Work and Pensions Secretary

5 August, 2008

Revenue fails to make 'automatic' child trust fund payments to 130,000 children in low income families

Late payments to be made and compensation paid, says government

5 August, 2008

Setting of new assessed income periods for pension credit purposes

New DWP guidance

5 August, 2008

Child support reform in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

4 August, 2008

Home Office access to information held by the DWP

New statutory instrument

4 August, 2008

Benefit sanctions have negligible effect on lone parent job-seeking behaviour

New DWP research

1 August, 2008

Increase in number of complaints against the DWP being referred by profit making organisations

Independent Case Examiner expresses concern about how such third parties are paid

31 July, 2008

Government announces wide ranging review of the benefits sanctions regime

Current penalties ineffective in changing behaviour, says Secretary of State

30 July, 2008

Meaning of ‘locality’ in determining the local reference rent for HB purposes

New House of Lords judgment

29 July, 2008

Change needed to improve access to the social fund, to make it simpler to administer and to improve decision making

Time has come to consider streamlining the process, says Social Fund Commissioner