Welfare Rights Bulletin
Description: DWP’s Targeted Case Review
The DWP will, as part of its anti-fraud plan, carry out a large-scale review of universal credit cases. Owen Stevens examines the Targeted Case Review.
Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 298 (February 2024)
Description: Ever increasing: conditionality and sanctions
Will Hadwen looks at planned changes to conditionality and sanctions in the universal credit (UC) system.
Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 298 (February 2024)
Description: Extra! Extra! Transitional SDP element additions
Henri Krishna looks at new rules regarding the universal credit (UC) transitional SDP element.
Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 298 (February 2024)
Description: PIP and diagnosis
Can someone successfully claim personal independence payment (PIP) without a diagnosis? Carri Swann looks at recent caselaw and answers some frequently asked questions.
Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 298 (February 2024)
Poverty Journal
Description: Building ‘cash first’ momentum while breaking the food bank paradox from...
As food bank use continues to soar to unprecedented levels, the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) wants to see the UK without the need for charitable food aid, where adequate and nutritious food is affordable to all. Why is a ‘cash first’ approach the way forward?
Poverty Journal, Issue 177 (February 2024)
Description: Engaging people in policy discussions
CPAG convened a panel of lower income parents from Black and minority ethnic communities in London to understand how policies affect them and changes they want to see. We talk about our approach, key learnings and considerations for future projects.
Poverty Journal, Issue 177 (February 2024)
Description: Ending child poverty: how it can be done
CPAG’s new report shows that the average British class of 30 pupils now has nine children living in poverty; the harder-hit areas have 11. They add up to 4.2 million British children whose parents have too little income to support them properly. What steps should be taken to prevent and end child poverty?
Poverty Journal, Issue 177 (February 2024)
Description: Involving people with lived experiences: the Changing Realities toolkit
When it comes to campaigning, academia, the media and government, whose voices count? Whose expertise do we engage with and listen to in policymaking debates and processes? And what responsibility do charities, think tanks and academics have to make sure that the voices of those they are campaigning for and/or researching are part of the broader conversation for change?
Poverty Journal, Issue 176 (October 2023)