The Upper Tribunal has made an important decision regarding planning and following journeys for the mobility component of PIP. Martin Williams considers the three-judge panel decision in (1) AH and (2) AK v SSWP (PIP) [2026] UKUT 50 (AAC) (‘AH and AK’).
Simon Osborne looks at rules on deciding which of separated parents with competing claims for child benefit should be awarded the benefit. The rules have featured in a couple of recent decisions from the Upper Tribunal.
Universal credit rates were cut in April 2026 for many ill and disabled people. As new claimants begin to feel the full impact, Carri Swann describes the rules for one protected group.
The Judge found that the First-tier Tribunal had failed to explain why it considered it 'reasonable' for the claimant to have acquired a student maintenance loan.
