Updates

Check the qualifying benefits and eligibility criteria for free school meals and school clothing grant in each local authority in Scotland for the 2026/27 school year.

What to do if circumstances change pending an adult disability payment (ADP) appeal. No more case transfer of disability and carer benefits. Pensions from EEA states and the competent state.

We want to know about claimants losing out because the UC claim form doesn't ask enough questions for DWP to make an accurate award.

We want to know about people missing out on the Successful Legacy Appeals Compensation Scheme.

Update from CPAG in Scotland's service advising migrant groups: new free EU nationals’ rights eLearning, Withdrawal Agreement protections from 2 December 2025, the effect of getting a pension from an EEA state.

Online student handbook and information resources updated, claiming benefits when a course ends, benefits for students over the summer vacation and new care leaver payment.

Increases to Scottish payments for children, abolition of the two-child limit, benefit cap reminder and caselaw update.

March 2026 edition of CPAG in Scotland's disabled children and families update: changes to carer benefits, moving to Scotland from other parts of the UK, Scottish government response to the independent review of ADP.

Update on abolition of the two-child limit in universal credit, a look at how this interacts with the benefit cap, and latest on child benefit.

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