“Officials from housing benefits officers to TV licence inspectors are to be enlisted in the fight against anti-social behaviour, under plans unveiled today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
The Independent, 8th May 2008
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Archive for the 'benefits' Category
Benefits officers enlisted to tackle anti-social behaviour - The Independent
Published May 9, 2008 ASBOs , benefits , news 0 CommentsMore lie detectors to curb fraud - BBC News
Published May 7, 2008 benefits , fraud , news 0 Comments“Fifteen councils across Britain are to be offered lie detectors to help catch out benefit cheats who cost taxpayers up to £400m a year.”
BBC News, 7th May 2008
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Mayor who refereed while on benefits faces jail - Daily Telegraph
Published April 22, 2008 benefits , disabled persons , fraud , news 0 Comments“A town’s mayor is facing jail after being caught refereeing football matches while claiming more than £9,000 in disability benefits.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2008
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Fraudster jailed after claiming £85,000 for non-existent children - The Guardian
Published April 11, 2008 benefits , fraud , news 0 Comments“A fraudster was jailed today for claiming more than £85,000 in tax credits for 16 non-existent children.
David Wilshaw, 58, was jailed for 20 months at Bristol crown court for masterminding the scam to claim child tax benefits over four years.”
The Guardian, 10th April 2008
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Incapacity benefit claimaints lose incentive to stay sick - The Times
Published March 28, 2008 benefits , news 0 Comments“Incentives that encourage people to stay on incapacity benefit were scrapped yesterday in the latest stage of the Government’s welfare reform package.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
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Casewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Times Law Reports
Published March 26, 2008 benefits , disabled persons , law reports , social security 0 CommentsCasewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Court of Appeal
“The payment of an allowance to a disabled wife to pay for carer service was part of the husband’s income for assessing his income support if he was that carer.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
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Claimant on crutches was a football referee - The Guardian
Published March 18, 2008 benefits , fraud , news 0 Comments“A man who claimed over £9,000 in benefits after saying he suffered such chronic back pain that he needed crutches admitted yesterday that he had been refereeing weekend football matches.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2008
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Casewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - WLR Daily
Published March 14, 2008 benefits , disabled persons , law reports , social security 0 CommentsCasewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; [2008] WLR (D) 86
“A direct payment of carer’s allowance made to a disabled person for securing the provision of care by her husband formed part of the husband’s earnings for the purposes of assessing his entitlement to income support.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2008
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Brothers jailed for £220k fraud - BBC News
Published March 4, 2008 benefits , conspiracy , fraud , news , sentencing 0 Comments“Two brothers have been jailed for falsely claiming more than £220,000 in housing and council tax benefits.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2008
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Cash aid to help grandparents care for children in drug-risk families - The Guardian
Published February 28, 2008 benefits , children , drug abuse , news 0 Comments“Grandparents are to be given financial support and legal backing to make it easier for them to take over the care of children with parents who are problem drug users, under government plans revealed yesterday. The package includes the government’s intention to dock the welfare benefits of unemployed problem users who fail to make contact with treatment services. Ministers intend to announce more steps linking benefit rights to completing treatment courses.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2008
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Benefit cuts for addicts who shun rehab - The Independent
Published February 27, 2008 benefits , drug abuse , news 0 Comments“Jobless drug addicts who refuse to be treated for their habit face having their benefit cut, the Government will announce today.”
The Independent, 27th February 2008
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Move to link unemployment benefit to new work scheme - The Guardian
Published February 20, 2008 benefits , news , unemployment 0 Comments“The government will break new ground in welfare reform today when it proposes that 250,000 long-term unemployed will have to work or train for a month if they wish to continue receiving the Jobseeker’s Allowance, the government’s main unemployment benefit.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2008
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Pensioner jailed for £2.4m fraud operation - Daily Telegraph
Published January 15, 2008 benefits , fraud , news 0 Comments“A pensioner was jailed for five years for masterminding one of Britain’s biggest benefit frauds.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th January 2008
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Mother claimed benefit for fake children - Daily Telegraph
Published December 12, 2007 benefits , fraud , news 0 Comments“A mother who claimed £46,000 in benefits by pretending she had seven extra children was jailed for 10 months yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2007
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Computer says no to a ‘miracle’ - BBC News
Published December 11, 2007 benefits , disabled persons , news 0 Comments“A woman who claims she was healed by prayer had to battle the benefits system to stop her disability payments.”
BBC News, 11th December 2007
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Lie detector to target claimants - BBC News
Published November 20, 2007 benefits , news , telecommunications 0 Comments“Lie detection technology will be used for the first time on telephone calls of unemployment benefit claimants.”
BBC News, 20th November 2007
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Tougher work tests for disabled - BBC News
Published November 19, 2007 benefits , disabled persons , news 0 Comments“Fewer sick and disabled people will qualify for disability benefits for being unable to work, after a new test is introduced from next year.”
BBC News, 19th November 2007
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‘No sex’ benefits fine is quashed - BBC News
Published September 20, 2007 benefits , fraud , news 0 Comments“A woman who falsely claimed nearly £40,000 in benefits because she said she was not having sex with her live-in partner has had her £60,000 fine overturned.”
BBC News, 19th September 2007
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MEP ‘facing prison’ in fraud case - BBC News
Published September 4, 2007 benefits , fraud , news 0 Comments“An MEP for South East England convicted of 21 charges of benefit fraud is to be sentenced later.”
BBC News, 4th September 2007
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Lie detectors target benefit claim cheats - The Observer
Published September 3, 2007 benefits , fraud , news 0 Comments“Benefit claimants and job seekers could be forced to take lie detector tests as early as next year after an early review of a pilot scheme exposed 126 benefit cheats in just three months, saving one local authority £110,000.”
The Observer, 2nd September 2007
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ECHR upholds Lords’ decision to refuse widow’s benefit to widowers - The Lawyer
Published May 30, 2007 benefits , human rights , news 0 Comments“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld a House of Lords ruling that the UK Government did not act unlawfully by refusing to pay widows’ benefits to two widowers.”
The Lawyer, 28th May 2007
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Regina (Balding) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Times Law Reports
Published May 1, 2007 benefits , insolvency , law reports 0 CommentsOverpaid benefit not recoverable
Regina (Balding) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Liability to repay overpaid social security benefit occurring prior to a bankruptcy was a bankruptcy debt. Discharge from bankruptcy released the debtor from liability for recovery of the overpaid benefit.”
The Times, 1st May 2007
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R (Balding) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - WLR Daily
Published April 5, 2007 benefits , insolvency , law reports 0 CommentsR (Balding) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWHC 759 (Admin)
“Where an individual was liable to repay overpaid social security benefit under the Social Security Administration Act 1992 this was counted as a liability to pay money under an enactment for the purposes of s 382(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986 and was a bankruptcy debt. Discharge of the bankrupt released him from liability for recovery of the overpaid benefit.”
WLR Daily, 4th April 2007
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Brown v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Times Law Reports
Published April 4, 2007 benefits , law reports 0 CommentsNo offset for overpaid benefit
Brown v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Court of Appeal
“Where payments of disability living allowance had been suspended for overpayment and a redetermination made, payments subsequently awarded could not be offset against the irrecoverable overpayment, since the amount of payments would vary depending on how long it took for the redetermination to be reached.”
The Times, 4th April 2007
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