“Two members of a Romany gypsy family who flew in and out of Britain to pocket more than £800,000 in benefits have been ordered to pay back just £17.65.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother-of-six has been jailed for claiming benefits when she had over £180,000 hidden in nine bank accounts.”
BBC News, 17th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Basey and others v Oxford City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 115; [2012] WLR (D) 34
“Since the social security and housing legislation had not defined what ‘sheltered accommodation’ was, it was not legitimate for a housing authority to claim that a sheltered accommodation should have a warden or resident caretaking manager and emergency alarm to qualify as such to impose an obligation on the housing authority to pay the costs of fuel and cleaning of the rooms and windows of the housing benefit tenants living in the accommodation. Therefore, a special needs adult living in a four-bedroom property with three other special needs tenants each occupying a bedroom and sharing a kitchen, bath room, two toilets and two sitting rooms, provided with 24-hour care and support supervision staff to meet the tenants’ needs, was a sheltered accommodation such as to oblige the housing authority to pay the costs of fuel and cleaning expenses as part of the rent out of the housing benefit.”
WLR Daily, 15th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A landlord had a right of appeal under paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 as a ‘person affected’ by a housing benefit decision in respect of its tenant only in the distinct cases provided for in subordinate legislation.”
WLR Daily, 9th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A Government-appointed taskforce is prepared to recommend changing the law if it finds ‘unnecessary legal barriers’ to the sharing of information under just-announced anti-fraud plans.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A benefits cheat has been jailed after claiming more than £33,000 in state handouts despite owning a £1.1 million property portfolio.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“John Kennedy followed his father’s wishes when he died, sharing the money from a compensation payout with the rest of the family, but he ended up in prison as a result.”
BBC News, 19th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Big Issue seller is claiming victory in a landmark case to have her work classed as a proper job and thus be eligible for extra benefits.”
The Guardian, 17th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government’s plans to reform welfare were badly hit on Wednesday when it suffered three defeats in the House of Lords on proposed benefit cuts.”
The Guardian, 11th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three men from Bridgwater, Somerset, who ‘bullied’ motorists out of thousands of pounds in an illegal clamping business have been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Crown Prosecution Service fees (further update).”
The Bar Council, 16th December 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“A 37-year-old Bridgend mother-of-four has been given a 10-month suspended jail term after admitting fraudulently claiming more than £69,000 in benefits.”
BBC News, 16th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Elmi: [2011] EWCA Civ 1403; [2011] WLR (D) 353
“A person from abroad who had ticked a form at a job centre to confirm she was seeking work and then applied for income support satisfied the requirement in article 7(3)(c) of the Citizens Direction that she was registered as a job seeker and was entitled to income support.”
WLR Daily, 18th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A woman who claimed nearly £20,000 in benefits intended for severely disabled people has been jailed after she was filmed going down a water slide.”
BBC News, 5th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government is taking legal action over rules it says would allow non-EU nationals in the UK to claim benefits without working or paying taxes.”
BBC News, 1st December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers have been forced to hire more than 80 new judges in a multi-million pound effort to address appeals by welfare claimants who dispute the loss of their benefits.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“LAG commissioned the disability charity Scope to research the impact of the proposed cuts in legal aid on benefits advice for disabled people. The report, Legal aid in welfare: the tool we can’t afford to lose, which is published today, demonstrates the serious consequences of the government’s proposals on disabled people and argues that taking benefits advice out of scope will undermine the government’s welfare reform programme.”
LAG News Blog, 14th November 2011
“People on benefits who are fined in court could face a fivefold increase in the amount docked from their weekly payments to cover the penalty, David Cameron will announce on Saturday as the government response to the riots is intensified.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers are being urged not to restrict legal aid for disabled people wanting to challenge benefit decisions.”
BBC News, 31st October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On 13 October 2011 Mr Justice Supperstone in the High Court held that changes to rules for calculating housing benefit were lawful and in particular did not breach equality legislation.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th October 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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