Welfare Rights Bulletin articles

Owen Stevens sets out the importance of the language welfare rights advisers use to describe our clients’ legal problems. The article describes some commonly misused language where greater accuracy would be helpful.

As the Food Bank Income Maximisation project’s first anniversary approaches, Harriet Chaplin looks at some cases brought to our attention, highlighting common mistakes with the DWP’s decision-making and practice.

A recent decision from the Upper Tribunal highlights (and further clarifies) when a ‘closed-period’ supersession should apply. Martin Williams takes a look.

As managed migration to universal credit ramps up over 2023/24, Owen Stevens takes a look at the process.

Jessica Strode looks at continuing problems with universal credit housing costs where a joint tenant has left the property.

Rosie Mears introduces CPAG’s new research report You Reap What You Code: universal credit, digitalisation and the rule of law, and investigates how the digital design and implementation of universal credit may contribute to errors in identifying the correct effective date for supersessions.

Simon Osborne looks at some caselaw development which might herald a change in the recoverability of overpayments under the legacy benefit system.

Henri Krishna describes new rules on UC childcare costs.

Martin Williams discusses the approach of the European Court of Human Rights to when a ‘legitimate expectation’ might be sufficient to prevent recovery of overpaid benefits.

Simon Osborne and Carri Swann consider the plans in the government’s Health and Disability White Paper to scrap the work capability assessment (WCA) and replace current rules on limited capability for work and work-related activity.