Welfare rights
Welcome to CPAG Welfare Rights - the home for all our welfare rights information, advice and tools for advisers.
What's new
31 July 2026: updates to the Welfare Benefits Handbook about entitlement to free school lunches and new earnings disregards for working-aged housing benefit
8 July 2026: updates to the Debt Advice Handbook about data processing in relation to vulnerable consumers and the FCA's motor finance commission redress scheme.
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 & caselaw
Advice and information for advisers and support workers challenging decisions in welfare benefit 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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