Articles

(For subscribers) Will Hadwen describes a new statutory payment for parents.

(For subscribers) Certain sums can be deducted from universal credit (UC) before it is paid. These are usually debt repayments but can also be for some ongoing liabilities like gas and electricity charges. Carri Swann summarises the deductions rules in the wake of new caselaw and changes to DWP policy.

Owen Stevens and Martin Williams review the state of play following various developments related to the erosion of the transitional elements of universal credit (UC).

(For subscribers) With universal credit (UC) as the increasingly predominant low income benefit, Simon Osborne reviews what that means for when an overpayment can be recovered from the claimant.