Carla Clarke reviews the latest on legal challenges to the benefit cap.

Simon Osborne looks at the rules regarding claimants ‘migrating’ from employment and support allowance (ESA) to universal credit (UC).

Kirsty McKechnie and Jenny Duncan describe an important step towards primary legislation regarding benefits in Scotland.

David Simmons describes some of the issues when a claimant is paid twice during a universal credit (UC) monthly assessment period.

Employment support allowance (ESA) stops in certain situations, including where the claimant does not have limited capability for work (LCW) or is treated as not having LCW following failure to attend a medical examination without a good reason. Martin Williams takes a closer look.

Simon Osborne reviews changes regarding employment and support allowance (ESA) and the work capability assessment (WCA).

Gwyneth King considers changes removing entitlement to universal credit (UC) housing costs for some 18–21-year-olds.

Ed Pybus considers a review of assessments and decision making in personal independence payment (PIP).

When can the DWP change an ongoing award of personal independence payment (PIP), including where the award was made by a tribunal? Ed Pybus looks at the rules and some recent caselaw.

Gwyneth King describes a new benefit for bereavement.

The employment and support allowance (ESA) component for work-related activity and the universal credit (UC) element for limited capability for work have been abolished from 3 April 2017. Simon Osborne describes the rules, including who can still be entitled.

Ros White considers the provisions of recent regulations which reverse the effect of two Upper Tribunal decisions on the personal independence payment (PIP) assessment criteria.