‘Aids or appliances’ in personal independence payment (PIP) has widely been interpreted as excluding items that are commonly used in the same way by non-disabled people. A recent Upper Tribunal decision reached a different conclusion. Carri Swann looks at the reasoning behind the decision, and asks what it might mean for claimants.

Mark Willis looks at rules on children and qualifying young persons in child benefit and universal credit (UC).

Martin Williams considers the recent clarification of the law, by a three-judge panel of the Upper Tribunal (UT), concerning appeal rights where a claimant has unsuccessfully applied for revision on the ground of official error.

Carri Swann considers recent caselaw on how working can affect personal independence payment (PIP).

Some universal credit (UC) rules regarding work-related activity requirements affect claimants in different ways depending on the levels of certain thresholds. These thresholds should be set by reference to a claimant’s ‘expected hours’. Owen Stevens examines the rules on expected hours.

Major changes have been made to official plans to reform personal independence payment (PIP) and health-related elements in universal credit (UC), and in related areas such as assessments. Susan Mitchell and Simon Osborne describe where we are now.