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The Sun this week declared war on what they refer to as Britain’s Benefits culture. 
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3091717/The-Sun-declares-war-on-Britains-benefits-culture.html
The story featured a young couple with two children that believe their benefits would be ‘cut’ if they work. This is a common pre-conception about the benefits system along with the idea that people are always ’worse off’ when they start work and come off benefits such [...]

David Cameron today unveiled plans to recruit private firms to help track down fraudulent benefit claims, in the hope of reducing the £1.5 billion lost by taxpayers to benefit fraud every year.
The use of credit check records in benefit fraud cases is already common practice and can be useful from the point of seeing if someone has [...]

iBenefits is here!IncomeMAX are proud to announce the launch of iBenefits, the UK’s first ever benefits and tax credits iPhone app.
iBenefits is an easy to use information hub, bringing the benefits and tax credits system to your fingertips in an instant.
Features:
- Comprehensive list of benefits and tax credits available to people in Great Britain 
- Key entitlement information for each benefit and [...]

Crash Bang Wallop indeed! IncomeMAX looked on in fascination today as the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced plans to make serious cuts to benefits and tax credits payments in order to find £11 billion worth of welfare saving.
So, what exactly are the plans? And what will this mean for the great British public?
Families with children [...]

IncomeMAX E-update June 2010

I was really pleased to be back on BBC Two’s Working Lunch Programme on Friday 18th June 2010, answering viewers benefits and tax credits questions during the regular ‘ask the expert’ section.
There was a range of really great questions and as always it was great to have the opportunity to provide help and advice to BBC [...]

I was really pleased to be back on BBC Two’s Working Lunch on Thursday 27th May 2010, commenting on the coalition government’s proposals for welfare reform.
The Secretary of State, Iain Duncan Smith, has called for an end to the culture of welfare dependency, saying that,
‘A system that was originally designed to help support the poorest in [...]

It has certainly been a hectic week here at IncomeMAX as Welfare Reform dominates the headlines as a result of the Queens Speech and the revealing that their will be a “root and branch” reform of the welfare system through a Welfare Reform Bill.
Having been involved in benefits and tax credits for the last 16 [...]

 
We are proud to announce that IncomeMAX, along with our partners Hillingdon Council, have achieved finalist status in the National Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards, in conjunction with National Public Procurement Practitioners Day.
Following intense consideration from the GO Awards judging panel, the finalists in each category have been decided and IncomeMAX and [...]

Moving on – from benefit to work
In the first of a series of articles, leading mental health and benefits experts Jenny Blackshaw and Judith Hodson outline the positive effects of ‘ Permitted Work’ for someone with a mental health problem…
People with mental health problems may find moving from Social Security benefits into full time work stressful [...]