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CPAG judicial review project – early successes

26 April 2019
As our Early Warning System has found increasingly in recent months, people are facing problems with how decisions are being made about their benefits. It’s vital that people have the right of appeal, and that decision-making is clear and fair, and we know this is not always the case.
Benefit delivery Benefits for people from abroad Blog Carers Disability benefits Legal Mandatory reconsideration and appeals UK
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OBR sceptical about DWP's claims about Universal Credit

09 February 2018
The roll-out of Universal Credit may be running five years later than planned, having wasted £40 million in botched IT, and been emasculated by austerity cuts since 2015, but its advocates in the DWP still argue that it is all going to be worthwhile in the end because its labour supply effects will get people into work and onto higher earnings
Benefit delivery Blog UK Universal credit Welfare reform Work and pay
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Six key points from 'The Austerity Generation: the impact of a decade of cuts on families with children'

06 November 2017
Today, CPAG publishes a major new study on the impact of austerity on families with children: ‘The Austerity Generation: the impact of a decade of cuts on family incomes and child poverty‘.
Benefit cap Benefit delivery Benefit levels Blog Child poverty statistics Children’s benefits In-work benefits Tax credits Two child limit UK Universal credit Welfare reform Work and pay
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The effects of welfare reform: Sue’s story

20 July 2017
Sue is part of Dole Animators – a group of people with experience of the social security system in the UK who work together to highlight the effects of welfare reform.
Benefit delivery Blog UK Welfare reform
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Widening the net and twisting the knife: the benefit cap gets worse

07 November 2016
Today sees the benefit cap – the limit on total benefits which households can receive if no-one works at least 16 hours a week – fall from £26,000 a year to £20,000, or £23,000 in London.
Benefit cap Benefit delivery Benefit levels Blog Costs and spending Disability benefits Discretionary housing payments Housing Housing benefit Jobseeker's allowance Life chances UK
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Win £50 to spend on CPAG's books and training

18 April 2016
This week, we're delighted to launch our latest Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook (2016/17). Known as the 'advisers' bible', it contains everything you needs to know about benefits and tax credits in the UK. It's quite simply indispensable for getting the best outcomes for clients.
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Old problems and new: advising people on benefits issues at Tower Hamlets’ food banks

29 May 2015
We know that up to two-thirds of the people turning to the foodbank for help are having problems with the benefits system. That’s why since August 2013, a CPAG adviser funded by the Pears Foundation has been working in a foodbank centre in Tower Hamlets, helping people resolve the benefit problems which have brought them there, and gathering evidence about how and why people use foodbanks.
Benefit delivery Blog Costs and spending ESA Food poverty Sanctions Sanctions and conditionality UK Universal credit Welfare reform
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Six steps for the new government

11 May 2015
Newly re-elected, David Cameron has appointed his cabinet to lead the 2015 government. But what will he, and his ministers, do to turn back a rising tide of child poverty? In addition to the Prime Minister himself, George Osborne and Iain Duncan-Smith will be back in their pre-election roles of Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Benefit delivery Blog Child poverty strategies Childcare Children’s benefits Costs and spending Ending child poverty Food poverty Sanctions Sanctions and conditionality UK Universal credit Welfare reform Work and pay