Time is running out for tax credits. Mark Willis explains.

Ed Pybus looks at recent caselaw on how tribunals should treat disability living allowance (DLA) evidence on transfer to personal independence allowance (PIP).

Barbara Donegan describes an independent report which raises some fundamental questions about the operation of universal credit (UC).

Simon Osborne reviews some of the main features of universal credit (UC) for claimants with a disability.

Simon Osborne describes recent caselaw setting out concern at some official responses in appeals to the First-tier Tribunal.

Since tax credits were introduced in 2003, the system has struggled to cope with the problem of overpayments. As we enter the final phase before tax credits are replaced by universal credit (UC), pressures are building up again. Mark Willis explains.

Kirsty McKechnie describes the provisions in the first legislation passed establishing the Scottish social security system.

Martin Williams looks at some common problems with the housing element of universal credit (UC).

Simon Osborne describes how it is that around 70,000 people have been underpaid employment and support allowance (ESA) and how the government is refusing to pay some of them full arrears.

Eirwen Pierrot of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) describes its Legal Support Project. The project launched in September 2017 and provides funding for legal representatives in England and Wales in claims concerning discrimination in education, housing or social security.

The DWP is reviewing personal independence payment (PIP) decisions, following a High Court decision that found changes to mobility descriptors in March 2017 unlawfully discriminated against claimants with mental health problems.