Simon Osborne describes the latest plans for the roll out of universal credit (UC) and, in particular, the UC ‘full service’.

Gwyneth King considers the role of discretionary housing payments (DHPs) in mitigating some of the effects of cuts contained in welfare reform measures.

The Welfare Reform and Work Bill, if passed into law, will have a significant impact on claimants. Mike Spencer and Sophie Earnshaw consider whether its more controversial measures would comply with human rights law.

Robbie Spence considers rules and practices that apply to payments in advance of universal credit (UC).

Jon Shaw looks at some of the more important personal independence payment (PIP) caselaw from the Upper Tribunal.

Kirsty McKechnie reports on what is emerging about the experience of universal credit through CPAG in Scotland’s Early Warning System.

Simon Osborne describes a number of new regulations which make some important changes to the universal credit (UC) rules.

Robbie Spence sets outs some general tips and tactics for reading between the lines of council guidance about local welfare assistance schemes, in order to give advisers the best chance of getting help for their clients.

The DWP has announced the start of the next stage in the process of the transfer of current disability living allowance (DLA) claims to claims for personal independence allowance (PIP). Simon Osborne outlines the plans.

Safeguarding procedures exist within DWP guidance to protect vulnerable claimants if their claim is about to be stopped. Greenwich Welfare Rights Service has found that querying with the DWP when the guidance has not been applied has regularly resulted in benefit being reinstated quickly.