Welfare Rights Bulletin articles

(For subscribers) Some universal credit (UC) rules regarding work-related activity requirements affect claimants in different ways depending on the levels of certain thresholds. These thresholds should be set by reference to a claimant’s ‘expected hours’. Owen Stevens examines the rules on expected hours.

Martin Williams considers procedural fairness in the tribunal system.

(For subscribers) Major changes have been made to official plans to reform personal independence payment (PIP) and health-related elements in universal credit (UC), and in related areas such as assessments. Susan Mitchell and Simon Osborne describe where we are now.

(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.