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Welfare rights

15 May, 2015

DWP announces successful applications to the Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme bid fund

New HB guidance highlights that 32 applications were successful and awarded a total of just over £3m

14 May, 2015

UK Government's proposed welfare provisions do not yet meet the 'spirit and substance' of the Smith Commission, says Scottish Parliament's Devolution Committee

Interim report on how Smith Commission's recommendations have been translated into proposed law calls on new UK Government to develop further legislation in co-operation with stakeholders in Scotland

14 May, 2015

Meaning of ‘engage with other people’ in activity 9, and its interaction with regulations 4 and 7

UK/5205/2014
[2015] UKUT 215 (AAC)

14 May, 2015

More than 58,000 households have had their benefit capped since April 2013

New figures from the DWP also show that, of those who are no longer subject to the cap, just 41 per cent are exempt due to a working tax credit claim

14 May, 2015

Almost twice as much benefit was overpaid due to error than was lost due to fraud in 2014/2015

New DWP statistics also show that £1.4bn was underpaid, of which £0.5bn was due to official error

13 May, 2015

Bedroom tax where bedroom converted into a living room for claimant with a severe learning disability

CSH/734/2014

13 May, 2015

More than 60,000 sanctions applied to employment and support allowance claimants since new regime began in December 2012

New DWP statistics also show that, under new regime, more than 100,000 jobseeker's allowance claimants have been sanctioned at least three times

13 May, 2015

Just under 54,000 claimants on universal credit caseload as at 9 April 2015

New DWP statistics also highlight that less than 100,000 people have made a claim for the new benefit since April 2013

12 May, 2015

Average clearance time for PIP new claim falls from peak of 41 weeks in July 2014 to 15 weeks in March 2015

New DWP statistics also show that more than 150,000 new claims and DLA reassessments awaiting clearance

12 May, 2015

New ministerial line-up at the DWP confirmed

Justin Tomlinson, Priti Patel and Ros Altmann to join Iain Duncan Smith and Lord Freud

More welfare rights


Twitter

16 May, 2015

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Plan for £12bn of welfare benefit cuts to be revealed in new wave of austerity measures in emergency Budget on 8 July theguardian.com/politics/2015/…

15 May, 2015

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First Budget of majority Conservative government - that could include details of £12bn welfare cuts - set for 8 July independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

15 May, 2015

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Judge in #PIP judicial review case has reserved judgment .. no date for when decision might be returned bbc.co.uk/news/uk-327552…

15 May, 2015

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Can we tackle poverty by changing how we talk about it? asks @HAYLESBEN whatworksscotland.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/can-we… #stickyourlabels

More Twitter


Debt

6 May, 2015

Nicolson, R (on the application of) v Tottenham Magistrates & Anor

29 April, 2015

18.6 per cent decrease in bankruptcies in England and Wales compared to same quarter last year

22 April, 2015

Personal insolvencies in Scotland at a ten year low

More debt

Housing

14 May, 2015

Guide to regulation of registered providers

14 May, 2015

Scottish Housing Regulator publishes 2015/2016 work plans

14 May, 2015

Reduction in total number of mortgage possession and landlord possession claims over last year

More housing

Employment

15 May, 2015

Bradbury v British Broadcasting Corporation

15 May, 2015

Hartley & Ors v King Edward VI College

14 May, 2015

Lyttle and Others (Judgment)

More employment

Community care

12 May, 2015

Alistair Burt appointed as Minister for Care and Support

30 April, 2015

Number of carers aged over 85 more than doubles in a decade whilst number getting support decreases

30 April, 2015

Whapples, R (on the application of) v Birmingham Crosscity Clinical Commissioning Group & Ors

More community care


Job vacancies

Northumbrian Citizens Advice Bureau

Operations Manager

St Christopher's

Welfare Officer

Gingerbread

Advice Worker

Manchester Mind

Manchester Assertive Outreach- Housing & Welfare Rights Lead Worker

Wandsworth Citizens Advice Bureaux Central Management Office & St. Georges Hospital

Generalist Adviser and Project Developer

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Rightsnet training

22 May 2015

Benefits overview - an introduction

11 June 2015

Personal independence payment

9 July 2015

Benefits overview - an introduction

24 September 2015

Universal credit

9 October 2015

ESA and the Work Capability Assessment

23 October 2015

Housing costs reform (including the bedroom tax & the benefit cap)

More training

Latest discussions

Updated 15 May by Derek

Disabled Child element

15 May by SamW

WTCs and terminal illness

Updated 15 May by shawn

Permission for judicial review granted re PIP delays

Updated 15 May by Daphne

Right to reside and children in education

Updated 15 May by Jon (CHDCAB)

Zero Hour Contracts and overpayment of WTC and HB

More discussions


Benefit rates

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Who benefits?

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