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The journal aims to stimulate debate about the nature, causes and consequences of child poverty in the UK, and potential solutions.

The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

The journal aims to stimulate debate about the nature, causes and consequences of child poverty in the UK, and potential solutions.

 This is the comprehensive guide to benefits and tax credits where children are living apart from their parents, including children in kinship or foster care, children being looked after by the local authority, or at residential school, in residential care or in hospital.

Updated to include the impact of all recent social security changes, including universal credit and the ‘bedroom tax’, it covers:

- benefit and tax credit entitlement when children are living away from home
- how payments made by local authorities to carers affect benefits and tax credits
- local authority responsibilities to care leavers
- how to challenge decisions.

Fully referenced to legislation and caselaw, and with easy-to-follow practical examples, it is an essential guide for anyone working with families and children in Scotland.

The companion to our popular Student Support and Benefits Handbook, this annual title is the key guide to the benefits system for students in Scotland.

It includes a quick guide to the grants and loans available for further and higher education in Scotland, and clear, easy-to-use information on students’ benefit entitlement and how this is affected by their student income. Also included is information on how benefits are affected in vacations and if a student takes time out from their course.

Fully updated for the 2019/20 academic year, the book is an invaluable resource for anyone who advises students in Scotland. It is fully cross-referenced to the law and includes easy-to-use checklists and examples.

The Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook is CPAG's definitive guide to the social security system, and an essential resource for all advisers who are serious about giving the best and most accurate advice to their clients.

New in this edition:
*The introduction of universal credit, including the latest on the migration process and who must still claim the old means-tested benefits.
* The latest information on how Brexit will affect benefit entitlement.
* A brand-new section covering the new benefits system in Scotland.

What does it cover?
The book provides comprehensive information about entitlement to all benefits, together with full details on the rules about work, work-related responsibilities and the work capability assessment, the income and capital rules, benefit sanctions, the `bedroom tax', overpayments, fraud, and how to challenge decisions. It is fully indexed, for ease of use, and cross-referenced to law, regulations and official guidance, and to court and tribunal decisions.

Tactical guidance and examples are included throughout to help you navigate the complexities of the social security system.

Who is it for?
The Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook remains the essential resource for welfare rights advisers, lawyers, local authority and housing association staff, social workers, union officials and benefit claimants.