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Corrections and clarifications briefing on Iain Duncan Smith's Today Programme interview on child poverty

16 April 2014

On March 26th 2014, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, was interviewed by Evan Davis on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4.

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Recent WCA caselaw

Issue 239 (April 2014)

Simon Osborne reviews some important recent caselaw about the work capability assessment (WCA).

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Parliamentary briefing on 'welfare cap' and Charter for Budgetary Responsibility

25 March 2014

At the Budget in March 2014, the government announced it would be amending the Charter for Budgetary Responsibility to implement a new 'welfare cap' policy.

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New analysis highlights child poverty risks of Chancellor’s new spending cap

18 March 2014

New analysis commissioned by Child Poverty Action Group from the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Essex University highlights how the expected budget announcement on capping Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) could drive up UK child poverty rates.

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The real reason for the misery of work assessments

Issue 147 (Winter 2014)

Many sick and disabled people, including those with Huntington’s Disease, uncontrolled epilepsy, kidney failure or brittle bone disease, are refused employment and support allowance.

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Benefit during an employment and support allowance dispute

Issue 238 (February 2014)

David Simmons examines the issues and options which arise in relation to the payment of benefit during a dispute about whether a claimant has limited capability for work.

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Walking, wheelchairs and the WCA

Issue 237 (December 2013)

Simon Osborne describes a current split in the caselaw on the question of whether someone’s ability to ‘mobilise’ with a manual wheelchair refers only to functional limitations, or to wider personal factors such as the ability to store the chair. The split will hopefully be resolved in a forthcoming decision of a three-judge panel of the Upper Tribunal.

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3-year benefit ban hits 120 disabled people under new sanctions regime

06 November 2013

The DWP has today published new data on the use of sanctions for Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants. It is the first data that covers new sanctions regimes that commenced for JSA in October 2012, and for ESA in December 2012.

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