Welfare Rights Bulletin articles

Rebecca Walker sets out some key points on how Brexit affects who can satisfy the right to reside requirement for benefit entitlement.

Jessica Strode discusses how CPAG’s new project can help advisers use judicial review to challenge decisions.

Martin Williams considers what is needed to challenge a decision made in excess of 13 months ago that was wrong because of official error.

Owen Stevens looks at the so-called ‘SDP gateway’ and preventing new claims for universal credit by certain severely disabled claimants.

Mark Willis describes the new maternity grant in Scotland.

Kirsty McKechnie describes a report from CPAG’s Early Warning System with some urgent concerns regarding claimants who have been subject to domestic abuse.

Henri Krishna takes a look at the relationship, both real and imagined, between the child element in universal credit and child benefit

Simon Osborne describes some important recent changes in universal credit (UC).

The 2018 Budget included some changes to universal credit (UC). It also announced other social security changes. Jon Shaw describes the plans.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Regulations under which some of the Government’s “Back to Work” schemes have been created are unlawful and must be quashed. See previous CPAG articles on Sanction Busting and Sanction Busting part 2.