Additional ‘cost of living’ payments for certain benefit claimants have now commenced. Simon Osborne updates and looks ahead.

After the recent unsuccessful conclusion of a court case which sought to chip away at a problematic aspect arising from the universal credit (UC) monthly assessment period, Claire Hall provides a round-up on where things stand.

New rules and new plans in universal credit (UC) mean an increase in conditionality for significant numbers of working claimants. Simon Osborne explains.

​Simon Osborne describes the arrangements for the making of additional payments to benefit and tax-credit claimants to help with steep rises in the cost of living.

​Emily Williams and Dee Lynch explore the duty on the DWP under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for disabled claimants.

Jessica Strode looks at rules regarding entitlement to universal credit for 16-17 year olds and under-21 year olds who are ‘without parental support’.

​Owen Stevens reviews the background to the current plans to ‘managed migrate’ recipients of legacy benefits to universal credit.

​Jon Shaw looks at the new benefit which will replace personal independence payment (PIP) in Scotland.

​Henri Krishna reviews residence rule and other changes for people leaving Afghanistan and Ukraine.

​Martin Williams considers when a decision ‘arose from official error’ and can therefore be revised at any time.

Fuel prices are rising steeply. Rules allowing deductions from benefit for fuel costs have now been amended, with the official intention of providing some protection for claimants, albeit only on a temporary basis. Simon Osborne looks at the change and what the rules allow.

Recent court cases have confirmed that newly recognised refugees are, depending on when they claimed asylum, still able to make claims for retrospective child tax credits (CTC) following the roll-out of universal credit (UC). Claire Hal​l takes stock on who can benefit.