Simon Osborne describes the closure of the ‘SDP gateway’ in January, and what that means both for universal credit and legacy benefit entitlement.

Kirsty McKechnie describes a report from CPAG’s Early Warning System highlighting delays carrying out assessments for disability benefits means that many disabled people are not receiving, or are losing, support intended to help them meet the additional costs of ill health or disability.

Sabrina Dubash looks at coronavirus-related self-isolation payments and their benefit context.

Martin Williams and Rebecca Walker look at how to advise European Economic Area (EEA) nationals claiming benefits that require a right to reside and the effect of the recent Court of Appeal judgment for those with pre-settled status.

Mark Willis reviews coronavirus-related changes from April 2021.

Jessica Strode looks at some legal issues regarding work capability assessments during the coronavirus pandemic.

Rosie Mears considers some common issues that arise with supersessions of universal credit (UC) awards and the importance of properly identifying the ground of supersession and effective date from which an award should be superseded.

New provision has been made for inclusion of a transitional SDP element in the calculation of universal credit (UC) awards. Owen Stevens examines these provisions.

Jessica Strode reviews the law on the national insurance number (NINo) requirement, before considering official policy on operating the requirement and a possible legal challenge.

Simon Osborne reports on recent legal and policy developments regarding deductions from universal credit (UC).