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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.

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.

This service includes the full text of the Benefits for Migrants Handbook, searchable and linked internally so you can skip to the next piece of relevant information with one mouse click. Subscriptions are one year in length, with the option of renewing for a further year. The book is updated on a rolling basis throughout the year - a vital service post-Brexit.

Following the end of the post-Brexit transition period on 31st December 2020, new rules take effect from 1st January 2021, which will significantly change the benefit entitlements of migrants. The publication of the 12th edition of this Handbook is timed to ensure advisers get the latest information on these changes.

The ending of European free movement rights within UK law affects the benefit entitlement of European nationals who began living in the UK before the end of 2020 and those who arrived after, and the family members of both groups. The Handbook covers the details of these changes, including how they operate alongside the EU Settlement Scheme, and the groups with protections that mean they can continue to use free movement rights to access benefits.

The end of the transition period also affects the benefit entitlements of claimants who move to live in Europe. The Handbook covers these changes together with other rules on when and for how long a claimant can continue to receive benefits while abroad. It also covers the rules for British citizens and others who return to the UK after living abroad.

Information to help you establish the immigration status of your clients is provided in addition to comprehensive details on the benefit entitlements that result from that status, including specific rules that apply to refugees and others granted leave following an asylum claim. For those with outstanding asylum claims, the Handbook provides detailed information on the asylum support system as well as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on claiming those rights.

The Handbook 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. It is fully indexed and cross-referenced to both UK and European legislation and caselaw. The Benefits for Migrants Handbook should be on the desk of everyone advising European and non-European nationals living in the UK, and claimants of all nationalities who have recently arrived in the UK or who are going abroad.

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.

The companion to our popular Student Support and Benefits Handbook, this annual title is the key guide to the benefits and tax credits 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 2020/21 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 Children’s Handbook Scotland provides a complete guide to benefits and tax credits where children are living away from their parents, including children in kinship or foster care, children looked after by the local authority, and children at residential school, in residential care or in hospital.

It covers entitlement when children are living away from home, how local authority payments affect carers’ benefits and tax credits, and how to challenge decisions. Fully referenced to legislation and caselaw, and with easy-to-use checklists and examples, this latest edition remains an essential guide for anyone working with families and children in Scotland.

With 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 system

With living costs and unemployment rising, budgets squeezed and problem debt on the increase, no adviser should be without this essential guide to the practice and process of giving 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, prioritising debts, preparing a financial statement, negotiating with creditors and dealing with bailiffs. Emphasis is placed on taking due care of vulnerable clients and making sure that any payment arrangements agreed are appropriate. There is a focus on sustainable credit arrangements that do not affect a client’s abilities to pay essential living expenses and priority debts.

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 fully indexed, for ease of use, and crossreferenced 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.

This service includes the full text of the Disability Rights Handbook 2021/22, searchable and linked internally so you can skip to the next piece of relevant information with one mouseclick.

It is updated every two months from June 2021 to February 2022 - an invaluable service that means your online Handbook will keep pace with social security reform and changes to the law.

This book is free online thanks to a partnership with the NUS.

This popular guide to student finance and benefit entitlement in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been fully updated for the 20/21 academic year, and covers a range of grants and loans available in all three countries - for full-time and part time students, young people in further education, post graduates and those studying vocational courses.

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.

Written 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 migration

What 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.