Welfare Rights Bulletin articles

(For subscribers) Owen Stevens discusses a recent case illustrating pitfalls associated with inappropriate use of artificial intelligence tools.

(For subscribers) Mark Willis looks at the ‘enhanced support journey’ used by the DWP in managed migration to universal credit (UC).

(For subscribers) Jon Shaw looks at recent developments in the Scottish social security system and some highlights of future changes.

Carri Swann looks at a test that is not always well understood but can be key to entitlement.

(For subscribers) Help with housing costs through universal credit (UC) continues to create problems for tenants. Jessica Strode considers three of the issues reported to CPAG’s judicial review project.

Carri Swann examines the plans, set out in DWP’s March 2025 Pathways to Work Green Paper and amended in the later Spring Statement, and explains how soon they come into effect.

Martin Williams considers cases where the DWP ‘closes’ a claim made by a new claimant of universal credit (UC) on the basis that they have failed to establish their identity.

(For subscribers) Jessica Strode looks at deductions from claimants’ universal credit (UC) for rent arrears and benefit overpayments during debt relief orders.

(For subscribers) Will Hadwen describes a new statutory payment for parents.

(For subscribers) Certain sums can be deducted from universal credit (UC) before it is paid. These are usually debt repayments but can also be for some ongoing liabilities like gas and electricity charges. Carri Swann summarises the deductions rules in the wake of new caselaw and changes to DWP policy.