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The Green Paper – what is changing and when
The UK government has announced changes to universal credit, personal independence payment and contributory benefits. Carri Swann examines the plans, set out in DWP’s March 2025 Pathways to Work Green Paper and amended in the later Spring Statement, and explains how soon they come into effect.
Universal credit claims ‘closed’ due to failure to establish identity: Do you even know who I am?
Martin Williams considers cases where the DWP ‘closes’ a claim made by a new claimant of universal credit (UC) on the basis that they have failed to establish their identity.
1. What is the work capability assessment?
Disability Rights Handbook - 2025/26, SECTION D: NOT IN WORK?, Chapter 12: The work capability assessment, 1. What is the work capability assessment?
2. Limited capability for work assessment
Disability Rights Handbook - 2025/26, SECTION D: NOT IN WORK?, Chapter 12: The work capability assessment, 2. Limited capability for work assessment
3. Treated as having a limited capability for work
Disability Rights Handbook - 2025/26, SECTION D: NOT IN WORK?, Chapter 12: The work capability assessment, 3. Treated as having a limited capability for work
4. Treated as not having a limited capability for work
Disability Rights Handbook - 2025/26, SECTION D: NOT IN WORK?, Chapter 12: The work capability assessment, 4. Treated as not having a limited capability for work
5. Limited capability for work-related activity assessment
Disability Rights Handbook - 2025/26, SECTION D: NOT IN WORK?, Chapter 12: The work capability assessment, 5. Limited capability for work-related activity assessment
6. Treated as having a limited capability for work-related activity
Disability Rights Handbook - 2025/26, SECTION D: NOT IN WORK?, Chapter 12: The work capability assessment, 6. Treated as having a limited capability for work-related activity
7. Treated as not having a limited capability for work-related activity
Disability Rights Handbook - 2025/26, SECTION D: NOT IN WORK?, Chapter 12: The work capability assessment, 7. Treated as not having a limited capability for work-related activity
8. How is the WCA applied?
Disability Rights Handbook - 2025/26, SECTION D: NOT IN WORK?, Chapter 12: The work capability assessment, 8. How is the WCA applied?
9. The capability for work questionnaire
Disability Rights Handbook - 2025/26, SECTION D: NOT IN WORK?, Chapter 12: The work capability assessment, 9. The capability for work questionnaire