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Erode to nowhere
Owen Stevens considers the circumstances in which the amount of the transitional SDP element included in the calculation of a claimant’s universal credit (UC) award can be reduced (or ‘eroded’), as a result of increases to her/his UC.
Pre-settled – still unsettled?
Martin Williams considers whether those with pre-settled status and no other qualifying right to reside have any remaining route to obtaining benefits to which the right to reside test applies.
Reverification of universal credit awards
Claire Hall considers the DWP’s retrospective reverification of universal credit (UC) claims made during the early stages of the pandemic.
Should I stay or should I go? Moving to UC
The DWP is encouraging those on legacy benefits who ‘would be better off’ on universal credit (UC) to claim it voluntarily, and is also resuming ‘managed migration’ to UC during 2022. Where does this leave claimants and those that advise them? Simon Osborne takes a look.
Access to means-tested benefits for EU citizens with pre-settled status
‘Substantial risk’ and the WCA
Simon Osborne reviews the ‘substantial risk’ rules in the work capability assessment, looking at some key questions and caselaw.
Hard times: UC hardship payments explained
Since the reintroduction of conditionality to universal credit (UC), following a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of UC sanctions imposed has been steadily rising.
Right to reside: stuck behind Fratila! What now?
Note: The Supreme Court handed down judgment in the Fratila case on 1 December 2021. Much of the advice in this article relates to periods before that date. Please see the test case web page for further information.
UC: escaping the benefit cap and pay cycles
Claire Hall updates on CPAG’s test case concerning universal credit (UC) claimants who are working 16 hours a week earning the national living wage hourly rate, but who are being subjected to the benefit cap because of their wage pay cycle.