Draft regulation should be adopted by Council of Ministers in June The European Parliament has voted with an overwhelming majority (602 votes in favour, 23 against, 63 abstentions) to endorse the European Commission’s proposal for an EU-wide protection order. The new regulation will mean that citizens (in most cases women) who have suffered domestic violence …
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May 26
WALES/ENGLAND – Ministers write to local authorities about housing benefit changes and foster carers
Impact of changes reduced where one spare room is used for foster child Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform in the Department for Work & Pensions, and Edward Timpson, Children and Families Minister in the Department for Education, have written a joint letter to local authorities about the housing benefit under-occupancy rules and their impact …
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May 24
UK – How foster care separates siblings
More than half of children are split up from their brothers and sisters as demand for carers rises Fostered children are being separated from their brothers or sisters because of a shortage of suitable homes. In some cases, where their natural parents have died, this means they are taken away from the only family they …
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May 18
WALES/ENGLAND – Unbundling family legal services
1 May 2013 Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Who should read this practice note? 1.2 What is the issue 1.3 Professional conduct 1.4 Status of this practice note 1.5 Terminology 2 SRA principles 3 What is unbundling? 4 Risks of unbundling 4.1 Duty of care 4.2 Going beyond your retainer’s limits 4.3 Professional conduct 4.4 Limiting …
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Apr 23
UK – ‘Child Poverty Act framework needs to be supplemented, not replaced’
Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission publishes response to government’s consultation The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has published its response to the government’s consultation on better measures of child poverty, which makes the case for a new ‘multidimensional approach’ (one based on looking at how many children face a range of overlapping social …
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Apr 03
UK – 10 lies we’re told about welfare
Has someone made Jim Royle a policy adviser? Millions are being made poorer while we’re fobbed off with porkies • Ruth Patrick: This is how people on benefits actually feel Welfare reform, my arse. Has Jim Royle parked his chair, feet up, telly on, in the corridors between the Treasury and the Department …
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