Child Poverty Action Group

Benefits overview (NEW)

This one-day introductory level course provides an overview of the benefits and tax credits system and examines how the system is changing as universal credit is introduced. 

The course covers:

Challenging ESA Decisions

Employment and support allowance (ESA) is the subject of considerable change. This course looks at appeal issues and tactics, including the developing body of caselaw. 

Among the subjects considered are: 

• Entitlement to ESA whilst challenging an ESA decision
• Submissions, medical evidence and other tactical issues
• Important work capability assessment caselaw 

Challenging ESA Decisions

Employment and support allowance (ESA) is the subject of considerable change. This course looks at appeal issues and tactics, including the developing body of caselaw. 

Among the subjects considered are: 

• Entitlement to ESA whilst challenging an ESA decision
• Submissions, medical evidence and other tactical issues
• Important work capability assessment caselaw 

Challenging PIP decisions

This one-day course looks at how to challenge personal independence payment (PIP) decisions. There is an opportunity to discuss how the different PIP criteria affect appeal tactics, and think through how to go about getting the right outcome for clients. 

The course covers:

Challenging PIP decisions

This one-day course looks at how to challenge personal independence payment (PIP) decisions. There is an opportunity to discuss how the different PIP criteria affect appeal tactics, and think through how to go about getting the right outcome for clients. 

The course covers:

Challenging PIP decisions

This one-day course looks at how to challenge personal independence payment (PIP) decisions. There is an opportunity to discuss how the different PIP criteria affect appeal tactics, and think through how to go about getting the right outcome for clients. 

The course covers:

Challenging PIP decisions

This one-day course looks at how to challenge personal independence payment (PIP) decisions. There is an opportunity to discuss how the different PIP criteria affect appeal tactics, and think through how to go about getting the right outcome for clients. 

The course covers:

Conditionality and sanctions

This course will give an understanding of the current conditionality regime for claimant of JSA and ESA. Tougher sanctions rules and the work programme have transformed the conditionality regime for many claimants.

This course covers:

Conditionality and sanctions

This course will give an understanding of the current conditionality regime for claimant of JSA and ESA. Tougher sanctions rules and the work programme have transformed the conditionality regime for many claimants.

This course covers:

Dealing with delays

This course looks at the legal and practical issues faced in trying to resolve issues of delay when advising benefit and tax credit claimants. The problem of delay can occur at all stages of a case:

• Where a claim has been made and a decision is awaited
• Where an award has been made but payment is not made
• Waiting for assessment to see which group an ESA claimant should be in
• Waiting for a revision or supersession request to be dealt with
• Waiting for an appeal to be heard and the tribunal decision put into payment