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This course on 31 March in Glasgow looks at the UC rules that particularly affect ill or disabled people.

Confused about whether students can claim benefits? About whether they have to claim universal credit or can stay on 'legacy' benefits like tax credits and housing benefit?

Our annual welfare rights conference returns to Glasgow on 12 June; delegate places and exhibitions stands now available to book

We are recruiting for a Glasgow Child Poverty Co-ordinator

Our legal team has had a busy start to the new year. Last week we learned we had been successful in our High Court case challenging the fact that the higher rate of bereavement support payment for families with children is currently only paid if a spouse or civil partner dies, and not when the couple were not married or in a civil partnership. This follows a similar challenge to the previous widowed parent’s allowance – the Supreme Court found in favour of a mother and her four children in that case, but, although the law is not compatible with human rights law, the government has still not resolved the issue.

Some places available to book on this course on 18 February in Glasgow

All courses are now available to book online.

A £2 million National Lottery-backed project to support children’s learning and ease financial pressure on low-income parents starts today (Tuesday 28th January) with 128 schools across the UK set to take action over the next three years.

Read the results of an evaluation, commissioned by NHS Health Scotland, which shows the positive impact that the Cost of the School Day project has had on school and local authority child poverty awareness, policy and practice.

Book on our PIP and attendance allowance - an introduction, or Challenging PIP decisions training courses in January