AddRemoveCount: All books Browse our online titles, including the Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook. Browse all Scottish books Read our free CPAG Scotland publications. I'm in Scotland Document library CPAG factsheets and helpful downloads. Browse documents Video and training Welfare rights videos and training resources. Watch videos Recently added Welfare Rights Bulletin - Issue 279The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.In this issue:- Ending of free movement: rights to reside and benefits- UC and ‘double payment’ of wages: new rules- Scottish child payment- Universal credit and disabled students – no way in?Author(s): CPAGPrint publication date Dec, 2020Word count122Subject TagsWelfare Rights BulletinBulletinPoverty Journal - Issue 167The journal aims to stimulate debate about the nature, causes and consequences of child poverty in the UK, and potential solutions.Inside this issue:- Don't zap the zip: keep travel free for young Londoners- Universal infant free school meals- Safeguarding adults - a safer and more secure future?- Universal credit and COVID-19Author(s): CPAGPrint publication date Oct, 2020CopyrightCPAGWord count141Subject TagsPovertyWelfare Rights Bulletin - Issue 278The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.In this issue:- UC and earned income: escaping the benefit cap- Coronavirus and benefits: a round-up of recent changes- ESA – pending appeal, without mandatory reconsideration?- Expediting UC appealsAuthor(s): CPAGPrint publication date Oct, 2020CopyrightCPAGWord count177Subject TagsWelfare Rights BulletinBulletinWelfare Rights Bulletin - Issue 277The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.In this issue: - UC and ‘double payment’ of wages: what now?- Backdating child tax credit for refugees- Recovery of UC advance payments- UC, SEISS payments and automatic reclaimsAuthor(s): CPAGPrint publication date Aug, 2020CopyrightCPAGWord count119Subject TagsWelfare Rights BulletinBulletinPoverty Journal - Issue 166The journal aims to stimulate debate about the nature, causes and consequences of child poverty in the UK, and potential solutions.In this issue: - 2020 Vision: ending child poverty for good- Children being home-schooled during lockdown- Who pays for the recovery after COVID-19?- Secure Futures: after the pandemicAuthor(s): CPAGPrint publication date Jun, 2020CopyrightCPAGWord count108Subject TagsPovertyWelfare Rights Bulletin - Issue 276The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.In this issue: - Universal credit and coronavirus- Disability benefit awards in the age of coronavirus- Tax credits and coronavirus- Unappealing tribunals and coronavirus?Author(s): CPAGPrint publication date Jun, 2020CopyrightCPAGWord count121Subject TagsWelfare Rights BulletinBulletinWelfare Rights Bulletin - Issue 275The Welfare Rights Bulletin is CPAG's journal of welfare benefits and tax credits law and practice. It is also an updating service for our Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.In this issue: - Benefit and coronavirus: early changes- CPAG test case update- SDP gateway – a brief update- UC or not UC? A mixed-age questionAuthor(s): CPAGPrint publication date Apr, 2020CopyrightCPAGWord count116Subject TagsWelfare Rights BulletinBulletinWelfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2020/21Written 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 migrationWhat 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.Author(s): CPAGPrint publication date Apr, 2020Print ISBN 9781910715604Word count873,250Subject Tagsbenefittax creditwelfarebenefitstax systemuniversal creditpersonal independence paymentbedroom taxmandatory reconsiderationssanctionsresidency ruleDebt Advice Handbook 13th editionWith living costs continuing to rise, budgets squeezed and problem debt on the increase, no adviser should be without this essential guide to the practice and process of money advice in England and Wales.CPAG’s bestselling Debt Advice Handbook provides the most comprehensive information needed by advisers on the key stages of money advice, including on interviewing clients, establishing liability, maximising income, prioritising debts, preparing a financial statement, negotiating with creditors and dealing with bailiffs. It also contains detailed information on the specific debts of students and self-employed people, and on how debts are enforced through the courts.Fully updated to cover all recent changes to legislation, caselaw and court procedure and practice, the Debt Advice Handbook is an indispensable resource for all debt advisers and is the set text for the Institute of Money Advisers’ Certificate in Money Advice Practice, delivered in partnership with Staffordshire University. 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 systemAuthor(s): CPAGWord count306,071Poverty Journal - Issue 165The journal aims to stimulate debate about the nature, causes and consequences of child poverty in the UK, and potential solutions.In this issue: - CPAG’s Cost of the School Day project- How big a state do we want?- UK poverty: what’s the problem?Author(s): CPAGPrint publication date Feb, 2020CopyrightCPAGWord count96Subject TagsPoverty Browse Keywords abroadappealsattendance allowancebailiffsbankruptcycapitalcarer's allowancechange of circumstanceschild benefitchild tax creditchildrenclaimscouplesdecisionsdisabilitydisability living allowanceemployment and support allowanceFirst-tier Tribunalguardian's allowancehousing benefitincomeincome supportinformationjobseeker's allowancelimited capability for workmaternity allowanceoverpaymentspayment of benefitpension creditpersonal independence paymentregulated credit agreementsrentsanctionsstate pensionsstatutory adoption paystatutory maternity paystatutory shared parental paystatutory sick paystudent debtstudentsuniversal creditworking tax credit Recently viewed