Welfare Rights Bulletin articles

Frances Ryan looks at rules providing new entitlement to bereavement benefits for surviving partners of a ‘cohabiting’ relationship.

Alison Gillies looks at rules and processes for transfer of claimants from UK disability benefits to adult disability payment in Scotland.

What will happen in 2023? The future’s not ours to see, but some benefit developments are already on the radar, as described here by Simon Osborne.

As the DWP grapples with personal independence payment (PIP) reassessment delays, Carri Swann considers how to advise affected claimants.

Martin Williams and Claire Hall consider the latest legal development regarding benefit entitlement for claimants with pre-settled status but no qualifying right to reside for benefits.

In universal credit (UC) the ‘relevant period’ and the limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA) element, continue to prompt questions. Sabrina Dubash analyses the rules and explores the effective start date of the relevant period.

Simon Osborne looks at a tribunal’s powers to find that a claimant’s evidence is not credible and use that in the decision.

Martin Williams reviews the test for obtaining backdating of a universal credit (UC) claim and considers a recent judgment of the Upper Tribunal on backdating UC.

After the recent unsuccessful conclusion of a court case which sought to chip away at a problematic aspect arising from the universal credit (UC) monthly assessment period, Claire Hall provides a round-up on where things stand.

New rules and new plans in universal credit (UC) mean an increase in conditionality for significant numbers of working claimants. Simon Osborne explains.