Mark Willis describes the new maternity grant in Scotland.

Kirsty McKechnie describes a report from CPAG’s Early Warning System with some urgent concerns regarding claimants who have been subject to domestic abuse.

Henri Krishna takes a look at the relationship, both real and imagined, between the child element in universal credit and child benefit

Simon Osborne describes some important recent changes in universal credit (UC).

The 2018 Budget included some changes to universal credit (UC). It also announced other social security changes. Jon Shaw describes the plans.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Regulations under which some of the Government’s “Back to Work” schemes have been created are unlawful and must be quashed. See previous CPAG articles on Sanction Busting and Sanction Busting part 2.

Martin Williams provides an update to the article in Bulletin 262, ‘Universal credit: defective claims and withdrawals’.

This official DWP guidance relates to extra-statutory payments of ESA for claimants who move from Northern Ireland (NI) to Great Britain (GB).

Dan Norris reviews the main rules on childcare costs in universal credit.

Simon Osborne answers some common questions about universal credit (UC) and the work capability assessment (WCA).

Carla Clarke looks at a recent Supreme Court decision regarding bereavement benefits and the children of unmarried parents.

From next February, amounts for children can be included in pension credit where relevant rules are satisfied, as described here by Simon Osborne.