Part 1: Introduction

The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

In this issue:

- Ending of free movement: rights to reside and benefits
- UC and ‘double payment’ of wages: new rules
- Scottish child payment
- Universal credit and disabled students – no way in?

The journal aims to stimulate debate about the nature, causes and consequences of child poverty in the UK, and potential solutions.

​Inside this issue:​

- Don't zap the zip: keep travel free for young Londoners
- ​Universal infant free school meals​
- ​Safeguarding adults - a safer and more secure future?​
- ​Universal credit and COVID-19​

The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

In this issue:

- UC and earned income: escaping the benefit cap
- Coronavirus and benefits: a round-up of recent changes
- ESA – pending appeal, without mandatory reconsideration?
- Expediting UC appeals

The Children’s Handbook Scotland provides a complete guide to benefits and tax credits where children are living away from their parents, including children in kinship or foster care, children looked after by the local authority, and children at residential school, in residential care or in hospital.

It covers entitlement when children are living away from home, how local authority payments affect carers’ benefits and tax credits, and how to challenge decisions. Fully referenced to legislation and caselaw, and with easy-to-use checklists and examples, this latest edition remains an essential guide for anyone working with families and children in Scotland.

The companion to our popular Student Support and Benefits Handbook, this annual title is the key guide to the benefits and tax credits for students in Scotland.

It includes a quick guide to the grants and loans available for further and higher education in Scotland, and clear, easy-to-use information on students’ benefit entitlement and how this is affected by their student income. Also included is information on how benefits are affected in vacations and if a student takes time out from their course.

Fully updated for the 2020/21 academic year, the book is an invaluable resource for anyone who advises students in Scotland. It is fully cross-referenced to the law and includes easy-to-use checklists and examples.

The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

In this issue:
- UC and ‘double payment’ of wages: what now?
- Backdating child tax credit for refugees
- Recovery of UC advance payments
- UC, SEISS payments and automatic reclaims

The journal aims to stimulate debate about the nature, causes and consequences of child poverty in the UK, and potential solutions.

In this issue:

- 2020 Vision: ending child poverty for good
- Children being home-schooled during lockdown
- Who pays for the recovery after COVID-19?
- Secure Futures: after the pandemic

The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

In this issue:

- Universal credit and coronavirus
- Disability benefit awards in the age of coronavirus
- Tax credits and coronavirus
- Unappealing tribunals and coronavirus?

The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

In this issue:

- Benefit and coronavirus: early changes
- CPAG test case update
- SDP gateway – a brief update
- UC or not UC? A mixed-age question

Written by the leading welfare rights experts in the country, our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook is the definitive guide to the social security system, and an essential resource for all advisers who are serious about giving the best and most accurate advice to the clients.

New in this edition:
Information on limited capability for work, including caselaw
An update on Brexit and how it affects benefit entitlement
Latest information on new payments in Scotland
A full update on the introduction of universal credit, including migration

What does it cover?
The book provides extensive coverage of the social security system, comprising of information about entitlement to all benefits, together with full details on the rules about work, work-related responsibilities and the work capability assessment, the income and capital rules, benefit sanctions, the ‘bedroom tax’, overpayments, fraud, and how to challenge decisions.

It is fully indexed, for ease of use, and cross-referenced to law, regulations and official guidance, and to court and tribunal decisions. Tactical guidance and examples are included throughout to help you navigate the complexities of the social security system.

Who is it for?
The Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook remains the essential resource for welfare rights advisers, lawyers, local authority and housing association staff, social workers, union officials and benefit claimants.