Welfare Rights Bulletin
Description: Great expectations: universal credit and expected hours
(For subscribers) Some universal credit (UC) rules regarding work-related activity requirements affect claimants in different ways depending on the levels of certain thresholds. These thresholds should be set by reference to a claimant’s ‘expected hours’. Owen Stevens examines the rules on expected hours.
Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 308 (October 2025)
Description: That’s not fair! Procedure in tribunals
Martin Williams considers procedural fairness in the tribunal system.
Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 308 (October 2025)
Description: Welfare reform reformed
(For subscribers) Major changes have been made to official plans to reform personal independence payment (PIP) and health-related elements in universal credit (UC), and in related areas such as assessments. Susan Mitchell and Simon Osborne describe where we are now.
Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 308 (October 2025)
Description: A cautionary tale – advice and AI
(For subscribers) Owen Stevens discusses a recent case illustrating pitfalls associated with inappropriate use of artificial intelligence tools.
Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 307 (August 2025)