Welfare Rights Bulletin articles

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.

With managed migration expanding over the coming year, Owen Stevens takes a look at transitional protection for people who would be worse off as a result.

Mark Willis looks at official plans for the managed migration of current tax credit recipients to universal credit (UC) claims.

Frances Ryan looks at rules providing new entitlement to bereavement benefits for surviving partners of a ‘cohabiting’ relationship.

Martin Williams looks at a recent decision in which DWP assurances to a claimant that their universal credit payments were correct meant that an overpayment was not recoverable.

Simon Osborne looks at rules and caselaw on when a benefit appeal made outside the time limit could still be admitted.

Both natural and managed migration to universal credit (UC) involve rules terminating legacy benefits where a claim for UC is made. Is anything other than a claim required here? The basic answer is no, as explained by Simon Osborne.

What will happen in 2023? The future’s not ours to see, but some benefit developments are already on the radar, as described here by Simon Osborne.