Use this appeal submission template for a claimant whose universal credit (UC) award included a transitional element and a carer element and who has their award superseded to include a limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA) element, when this has resulted in the erosion of the transitional element by an amount equivalent to all of the LCWRA element.
Use this template appeal submission to argue you have a right of appeal against a decision when the DWP has refused to carry out a mandatory reconsideration (MR) of the decision on the grounds that your MR request was late.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision to suspend your client's universal credit (UC) award in full when DWP has the power to suspend only in part and only some of your client's entitlement is in doubt (drafted for when one partner in a UC couple's immigration status has been called into question).
Use this template to challenge a local authority's refusal to carry out an any time revision of a decision to end your client's housing benefit award when your client was served with a notice to quit by their landlord but still lives in the property and is liable for mesne profits.
Use this template to challenge DWP's refusal to treat your client as having limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA) when they are undergoing treatment for cancer because they have earnings (which are contractual sick pay).
Use this letter to challenge the DWP’s failure to include your client's full contractual rent liability when calculating the universal credit (UC) housing costs element and the requirement for your client to prompt the appropriate calculation of their benefit each UC assessment period because your client has a joint tenancy but the joint tenant has left (an 'untidy tenancy').
A basic condition of entitlement to universal credit (UC) is that you must not be 'receiving education'. However, some students don't count as 'receiving education' and even if you are 'receiving education' there are some exceptions that allow you to potentially still qualify for UC. If you are a student, use this tool to check your position.
Use this tool to help you establish whether your client has grounds for a judicial review challenge. It will direct you to CPAG's judicial review template letters where appropriate.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision to end your client's UC entitlement due to your client's failure to accept a universal credit (UC) claimant commitment when your client has complex needs and was called to 'meeting' rather than asked to accept an actual commitment.
Use this letter to challenge the DWP’s failure to offer an amount equivalent to the amount your client is expecting as their whole universal credit (UC) award (ie, including elements) as a new claim advance.
Use this template if your client is an EU national with pre-settled status to whom SSWP v AT applies, if the DWP argues that SSWP v AT does not apply because your client does not come within article 10 of the Withdrawal Agreement (due to not having an EU law right of residence on 31 December 2020).
