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Written for claimants and their advisors, CPAG’s annually updated Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook is the definitive guide to the UK’s social security system..

New in this edition:
- arrangements for the migration of claims for legacy benefits to universal credit
- the latest developments on the right to reside rules for European nationals
- expanded details on the new disability benefits in Scotland

Tactical guidance and examples are included throughout to help you navigate an increasingly complex social security system. The Handbook is also fully indexed and cross-referenced to law, regulations and official guidance as well as to court, tribunal and judicial decisions.

Now more than ever, it is important that people get the benefits they are entitled to. Not only to maximise their incomes but to ensure they get the additional cost of living payments paid through the benefit system.

CPAG’s Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook is the definitive guide to the social security system. It explains how to make claims and what to do when things go wrong.

Fully updated for 2023/24, this book provides tactical guidance and examples throughout. This edition is updated to include the new bereavement benefit rules for cohabiting couples, updates on right to reside and the latest on the transfer from legacy benefits to universal credit.

Written by our team of over 20 experts, our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook is the must-have guide to the social security system. This handbook provides all the information you need to help you maximise income for your clients and to support with completing benefits checks, making claims and what to do when things go wrong.

Written by our team of over 20 experts, our Welfare Benefits Handbook is the must-have guide to the social security system. This handbook provides all the information you need to help you maximise income for your clients and to support with completing benefits checks, making claims and what to do when things go wrong.

The Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook is CPAG's definitive guide to the social security system, and an essential resource for all advisers who are serious about giving the best and most accurate advice to their clients.

New in this edition:
*The introduction of universal credit, including the latest on the migration process and who must still claim the old means-tested benefits.
* The latest information on how Brexit will affect benefit entitlement.
* A brand-new section covering the new benefits system in Scotland.

What does it cover?
The book provides comprehensive information about entitlement to all benefits, together with full details on the rules about work, work-related responsibilities and the work capability assessment, the income and capital rules, benefit sanctions, the `bedroom tax', overpayments, fraud, and how to challenge decisions. It is fully indexed, for ease of use, and cross-referenced to law, regulations and official guidance, and to court and tribunal decisions.

Tactical guidance and examples are included throughout to help you navigate the complexities of the social security system.

Who is it for?
The Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook remains the essential resource for welfare rights advisers, lawyers, local authority and housing association staff, social workers, union officials and benefit claimants.

Written by the leading welfare rights experts in the country, our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook is the definitive guide to the social security system, and an essential resource for all advisers who are serious about giving the best and most accurate advice to the clients.

New in this edition:
Information on limited capability for work, including caselaw
An update on Brexit and how it affects benefit entitlement
Latest information on new payments in Scotland
A full update on the introduction of universal credit, including migration

What does it cover?
The book provides extensive coverage of the social security system, comprising of information about entitlement to all benefits, together with full details on the rules about work, work-related responsibilities and the work capability assessment, the income and capital rules, benefit sanctions, the ‘bedroom tax’, overpayments, fraud, and how to challenge decisions.

It is fully indexed, for ease of use, and cross-referenced to law, regulations and official guidance, and to court and tribunal decisions. Tactical guidance and examples are included throughout to help you navigate the complexities of the social security system.

Who is it for?
The Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook remains the essential resource for welfare rights advisers, lawyers, local authority and housing association staff, social workers, union officials and benefit claimants.

Written for claimants and their advisors, CPAG’s annually updated Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook is the definitive guide to the UK’s social security system.

This new edition provides comprehensive information on your entitlement to benefits in 2021/22. It includes the latest on universal credit and legacy benefits as well as the impacts of the ending of the UK’s transition period from the EU (31/12/2020). The latest rules, including on migrating to universal credit, work-related responsibilities and changes to the right to reside in the UK are covered in detail. The edition also covers the continuing expansion of the Scottish social security system, with further details provided on young carer grants, child payments and child disability payments.

Tactical guidance and examples are included throughout to help you navigate an increasingly complex social security system. The Handbook is also fully indexed and cross-referenced to law, regulations and official guidance as well as to court, tribunal and judicial decisions.