Welfare Rights Bulletin articles

The Autumn Budget and associated announcements herald a number of important changes in universal credit (UC), described here by Simon Osborne.

Simon Osborne reviews recent caselaw and guidance concerning when a tribunal considering an appeal about the work capability assessment should call for the previous medical report.

Henri Krishna describes new rules regarding help with mortgage interest and similar help from next April.

Ros White considers a recent judgment warning to First-tier Tribunals not to take HMRC submissions at face value.

Ros White considers CPAG’s recent test case success in the Upper Tribunal.

Martin Williams looks at the DWP practice of ‘closing’ claims to universal credit (UC).

Simon Osborne reviews recent caselaw about personal independence payment (PIP) and ‘social support’ when engaging with other people.

Following the introduction of the ‘two-child limit’ in April 2017 (as described in Bulletin 257), Mark Willis takes a closer look at the exceptions now that government guidance is available.

Carla Clarke reviews the latest on legal challenges to the benefit cap.

Simon Osborne looks at the rules regarding claimants ‘migrating’ from employment and support allowance (ESA) to universal credit (UC).