Sabrina Dubash examines the considerations around determining ‘good cause/reason’ for not attending a medical assessment, highlighted by recent caselaw.
CPAG is involved in a number of test cases. Lynsey Dalton provides an update of some of the particularly current cases. For full details, visit the test cases pages on the CPAG website.
Owen Stevens reviews the DWP’s approach in cases where a severely disabled claimant has been allowed to claim universal credit (UC), when s/he should have been prevented from claiming by the ‘SDP gateway’.
Simon Osborne reviews a couple of queries regarding ‘mixed-age’ couples and when universal credit (UC) is, or is not to be, the main subsistence benefit. As the answers suggest, the individual facts are very important.
Martin Williams looks at changes to the way in which appeals are dealt with during the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions and considers issues that may arise for advisers.
Over two million people affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have claimed universal credit (UC) in the past two months. But claimants already getting tax credits have the option of staying in the tax credits system instead. Mark Willis explains.
Jon Shaw looks at some issues around fixed-term awards of personal independence payment (PIP), disability living allowance (DLA) and attendance allowance (AA) where the award is coming to an end.
