Online handbook

Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook (for subscribers):

Articles

The most recent articles from our Welfare Rights Bulletin on migration to universal credit (UC):

Tools and templates

Tools

Use our tool to draft a note to request a breakdown of how a transitional element has been calculated if you have been transferred to UC under the managed migration process and you need further information to know whether you have grounds to challenge the DWP's decision on the amount awarded (please also complete the short survey, below):

Use our tool to check your work-related requirements and your entitlement to a limited capability for work or limited capability for work related activity element if you have transferred from income-related ESA to UC. It also drafts a note to use to challenge incorrect decisions:

Appeal submission templates

Check our template appeal submissions relating to the the UC transitional element and transitional SDP element 

Judicial review pre-action protocol template letters 

If you are an adviser, check our judicial review (JR) pre-action protocol template letters:

For copies of the JR template letters, advice about whether JR is the appropriate route, and for help with adapting the templates, contact our Judicial Review Project ([email protected]).

Survey

We are gathering evidence about the information the DWP gives to claimants on their entitlement to a UC transitional element and its calculation following managed migration.

Please help us by completing our short survey. 

Information and briefings

Our page explaining the differences between tax credits and universal credit:

Our briefings on the issues facing claimants going through managed migration

Our briefing for the Work and Pensions Select Committee on managed migration

eLearning

Use our free eLearning course for advisers with existing benefit knowledge:

Early Warning System

Our Early Warning System gathers information and evidence on the impact of changes to the benefit system. Send us details of cases: