Welfare Rights search
Adult disability payment
Jon Shaw looks at the new benefit which will replace personal independence payment (PIP) in Scotland.
Benefit changes for Afghans and Ukrainians
Henri Krishna reviews residence rule and other changes for people leaving Afghanistan and Ukraine.
Catalogue of errors - when an incorrect benefit decision is due to official error
Martin Williams considers when a decision ‘arose from official error’ and can therefore be revised at any time.
Fuel deductions and benefit
Fuel prices are rising steeply. Rules allowing deductions from benefit for fuel costs have now been amended, with the official intention of providing some protection for claimants, albeit only on a temporary basis. Simon Osborne looks at the change and what the rules allow.
A CTC retro-fix for refugees – who stands to benefit?
Recent court cases have confirmed that newly recognised refugees are, depending on when they claimed asylum, still able to make claims for retrospective child tax credits (CTC) following the roll-out of universal credit (UC). Claire Hall takes stock on who can benefit.
PIP: digital forms and online claims
Some personal independence payment (PIP) claimants can now complete all or part of their application online. Confusingly, there are two separate initiatives at work. Carri Swann explains.
Risky business – DWP fraud reviews
Claimants have been having their benefit suspended for months after being flagged as a high fraud risk. Owen Stevens discusses the DWP’s new Risk Review Team.In January, Kate Osamor MP secured a Westminster Hall debate on the DWP Risk Review Team. She stated that she had been contacted by ‘29 constituents who had had their universal credit [UC] payments suspended indefinitely’. She was told that ‘the cases were under the management of the Risk Review Team, with little to no further explanation of the reason, apart from some claims of suspicion of fraud. Constituents told me that their claims were suspended for months on end—as long as 11 months, in the worst case.’1House of Commons, Hansard, 26 January 2022, Vol 707, col 392WH