Welfare rights
Welcome to CPAG Welfare Rights - the home for all our welfare rights information, advice and tools for advisers.
What's new
6 April 2025: The 2025/26 online edition of the Welfare Benefits Handbook (for subscribers) is now live.
31 March 2025: Take a look at our newly redesigned Tools and templates section and our brand new PIP appeals pages.
More of what's new on CPAG Welfare Rights.
Online handbooks
Regularly updated and fully searchable, our online handbooks ensure you have up-to-date information throughout the year.
Key topics
Links to all our essential information, including online handbooks, articles, tools and test cases.
Tools & templates
Designed to help you identify the correct legal position for your client and produce tailored letters and appeal submissions.
Benefits in Scotland
Some benefits are already different in Scotland and some are transferring from the UK to Scotland.
Bulletins & articles
Test cases & legal challenges
Advice and information for advisers and support workers challenging decisions in welfare benefit and tax credit cases.
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Support for advisers
Free, expert advice on benefit and tax credit issues if you’re a frontline adviser or support worker.
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