Scotland welfare rights conference
2024 will be a critical election year. What difference could it make to the future of social security, the lives of low-income families and the work of frontline advisers?
2024 will be a critical election year. What difference could it make to the future of social security, the lives of low-income families and the work of frontline advisers?
The migration of legacy benefit claimants to universal credit has begun in earnest. How and when will this impact the clients/tenants you support?
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
This course focuses on the transitional issues for claimants who are moving from legacy benefits and tax credits to universal credit (UC). It is expected that the majority of claimants in Scotland
Around 6 million people have claimed universal credit (UC), but several million are still on Legacy benefits.
Some claimants receiving ‘Legacy’ benefits under the old rules may elect to ‘jump ship’ early onto universal credit (UC) because they think it is better for them, or because they have been en
A period spent in prison – on remand or serving a sentence – can have far-reaching consequences for social security benefit entitlement, both for the person in prison and for their family.
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education.
This course provides a basic overview of social security benefits, and which further and higher education students in Scotland might be able to claim them.