Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Louise Cook at DWP Scotland, Barbara Gray, Arnie James, Alison Lord, David Malcolm, Daniel Norris, Kelly Smith, Ros White and Katie Wood at Maternity Action for their invaluable contribution.
Our thanks are also due to Simon Osborne for acting as the book’s content consultant.
We must acknowledge the efforts of the many authors of previous editions of the National Welfare Benefits Handbook, the Rights Guide to Non-Means-Tested Benefits and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Handbook, on which this book is based.
Thanks are also due to Nicola Johnston and Alison Key for once again editing and managing the production of the book so well, and to Kathleen Armstrong, Anne Ketley and Pauline Phillips for proofreading the text. Particular thanks must go to Katherine Dawson and Anne Ketley for producing the index.
The law covered in this book was correct on 4 March 2019 and includes regulations laid up to this date.