Welfare Rights Bulletin articles

​Mark Willis describes a new benefit in Scotland.

​Simon Osborne describes new rules changing how earned income for universal credit (UC) is assessed for a claimant who is paid monthly and receives a double payment of wages in the same assessment period.

Angela Toal describes amended rules regarding disabled students and eligibility for universal credit.

Mark Willis rounds up important coronavirus-related changes in rules and practice during the summer.

​Simon Osborne considers the consequences of a court decision which holds that in certain circumstances an employment and support allowance (ESA) claimant who wishes to challenge a failure of the work capability assessment (WCA) can appeal without having first to have had a mandatory reconsideration.

Lynsey Dalton considers why and how an appeal, in particular a universal credit (UC) appeal, may be given urgent consideration by a tribunal.

​Claire Hall examines CPAG’s recent test case concerning universal credit (UC) claimants who are working 16 hours per week at the national living wage and the potential implications of the case for the application of the benefit cap ‘earnings exemption’ for such claimants.

CPAG has issued proceedings in the High Court for a judicial review of HMRC’s refusal to accept a retrospective child tax credit (CTC) claim from a newly recognised refugee. Jessica Strode explains.

Advance payments of universal credit (UC) are the main official response to the long waiting time before payment of UC begins. But advance payments are recoverable by deduction from subsequent payments. What are the relevant rules, and are they being correctly applied? Lynsey Dalton takes a look.

​Sabrina Dubash describes universal credit (UC) regulations which deal with coronavirus-related payments for the self-employed and with new rules on treating a claimant as having reapplied for UC.