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*Please note, this digital book is currently only available to customers who have pre-ordered the Benefits for Migrants Handbook in print format.*



CPAG’s Benefits for Migrants Handbook has firmly established itself as the leading text on social security entitlement for people who have come to, or who are leaving, the UK.

With our future relationship with the European Union still unclear, the publication of this year’s edition will be timed to ensure advisers get the very latest information on the benefit entitlement of European nationals and their families.

The book includes all you need to help you establish the immigration status of your clients and ensure they receive their full benefit entitlement. It includes step-by-step guides and examples to make the information easier to use, tactics to help enforce your clients’ rights and chapters on dealing with practical problems, such as delays and providing evidence.

The book also includes information for asylum seekers and refugees, British citizens returning from abroad, the ‘Windrush generation’, and other migrants who need help navigating the immigration and benefit rules.

It is fully indexed and cross-referenced to both UK and European legislation and caselaw.

Whether it is updated to provide information for European nationals during a transition period, or fully revised and restructured to reflect a brand-new landscape, the Benefits for Migrants Handbook should be on the desk of everyone advising European nationals about their benefit entitlement in this historic and potentially transformative year.

The companion to our popular Student Support and Benefits Handbook, this annual title is the key guide to the benefits system for students in Scotland.

It includes a quick guide to the grants and loans available for further and higher education in Scotland, and clear, easy-to-use information on students’ benefit entitlement and how this is affected by their student income. Also included is information on how benefits are affected in vacations and if a student takes time out from their course.

Fully updated for the 2019/20 academic year, the book is an invaluable resource for anyone who advises students in Scotland. It is fully cross-referenced to the law and includes easy-to-use checklists and examples.

This is the comprehensive guide to benefits and tax credits where children are living apart from their parents, including children in kinship or foster care, children being looked after by the local authority, or at residential school, in residential care or in hospital.

Updated to include the impact of all recent social security changes, including universal credit and the ‘bedroom tax’, it covers:

- benefit and tax credit entitlement when children are living away from home
- how payments made by local authorities to carers affect benefits and tax credits
- local authority responsibilities to care leavers
- how to challenge decisions.

Fully referenced to legislation and caselaw, and with easy-to-follow practical examples, it is an essential guide for anyone working with families and children in Scotland.

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.