Welfare Rights Bulletin articles

Edward Graham examines the Legal Aid Bill and what action needs to be taken to alert MPs about its potential impact on advice agencies and their clients.

There are two near certainties in a disputed right to reside case. The first is that it will raise complex issues of EU law, domestic immigration law and social security law. The second is that it will take an age for the matter to be resolved.

David Simmons sets out a critical analysis of the proposal to introduce a ‘benefit cap’ from April 2013.

Changes to Housing Benefit first announced in the June 2010 budget come into force in April 2011. This article outlines what those changes are, and how and why CPAG is challenging them.

Simon Osborne reviews the rules under which most existing claims of benefit on the basis of incapacity for work are being transferred to claims for employment and support allowance (ESA), with entitlement reassessed.

Mark Willis looks at the impact of the new rules affecting tax credits which came into force on 6 April 2011.

Martin Williams looks at some of the issues for claimants arguing a right of residence sufficient to claim means-tested benefits based on self-employment.

Sarah Clarke reports on the decision of the Supreme Court on the recovery of benefit overpayments via the ‘common law’.