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Universal credit deductions during insolvency

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Jessica Strode looks at deductions from claimants’ universal credit (UC) for rent arrears and benefit overpayments during debt relief orders.
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Statutory payments for neonatal care

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Will Hadwen describes a new statutory payment for parents.
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UC deductions overview

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Certain sums can be deducted from universal credit (UC) before it is paid. These are usually debt repayments but can also be for some ongoing liabilities like gas and electricity charges. Carri Swann summarises the deductions rules in the wake of new caselaw and changes to DWP policy.
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Overpayment recoverability in the age of UC

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With universal credit (UC) as the increasingly predominant low income benefit, Simon Osborne reviews what that means for when an overpayment can be recovered from the claimant.
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Erosion – where are we now?

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Owen Stevens and Martin Williams review the state of play following various developments related to the erosion of the transitional elements of universal credit (UC).
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Advising students update

Students and benefits eBulletin - March 2025

Students claiming benefits when a course ends, universal credit managed migration update and student funding update
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Early Warning System update

Early Warning System eBulletin – March 2025

The Early Warning System collects case studies from welfare rights advisers. We use this evidence in CPAG's campaigning, policy and legal work. So far this year, we’ve heard a lot about managed migration.
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Erosion of disabled carer’s TSDPE due to addition of LCWRA element and removal of carer element

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v MJ [2025] UKUT 035 (AAC)
This is a challenge to the policy of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to MJ, a claimant in receipt of the carer element and transitional SDP element, to erode the whole of her transitional SDP element when she was found to have limited capability for work and work related activity. The UT allowed the SSWP’s appeal and re-made the FTT decision in MJ’s favour, finding that she had been unlawfully discriminated against.
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Managed migration in 2025

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Simon Osborne reviews where the managed migration to universal credit (UC) process has got to and what lies ahead in 2025.
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ESA to UC: run-on unlawfulness?

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Martin Williams considers whether those migrating from ESA to UC whose ESA includes contributory ESA as well as income-related ESA are discriminated against during their first assessment period.
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Tax credits: loose ends

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As tax credits face the final curtain, there are a few outstanding issues that are worth mentioning. Mark Willis sets the stage.
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UC and cancer treatment

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Jessica Strode looks at universal credit (UC) provisions regarding claimants who are undergoing treatment for cancer by way of chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy.
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