Recently, we have been hearing about UC claimants who are undergoing cancer treatment and therefore unable to work not being treated as having LCWRA due to being ineligible for a work capability assessment. As a result, they are stuck in an in inappropriate conditionality group and losing out financially. This Early Warning System bulletin looks at where the DWP is going wrong and how advisers might help claimants in this situation.
Help with housing costs through universal credit (UC) continues to create problems for tenants. Jessica Strode considers three of the issues reported to CPAG’s judicial review project.
