Updates

We want to know about claimants losing out because the UC claim form doesn't ask enough questions for DWP to make an accurate award.

We want to know about people missing out on the Successful Legacy Appeals Compensation Scheme.

Update from CPAG in Scotland's service advising migrant groups: new free EU nationals’ rights eLearning, Withdrawal Agreement protections from 2 December 2025, the effect of getting a pension from an EEA state.

Online student handbook and information resources updated, claiming benefits when a course ends, benefits for students over the summer vacation and new care leaver payment.

Increases to Scottish payments for children, abolition of the two-child limit, benefit cap reminder and caselaw update.

March 2026 edition of CPAG in Scotland's disabled children and families update: changes to carer benefits, moving to Scotland from other parts of the UK, Scottish government response to the independent review of ADP.

Update on abolition of the two-child limit in universal credit, a look at how this interacts with the benefit cap, and latest on child benefit.

Read about what we’ve been up to this year and how your submissions have supported our work.

Recently, we have been hearing about UC claimants who are undergoing cancer treatment and therefore unable to work not being treated as having LCWRA due to being ineligible for a work capability assessment. As a result, they are stuck in an in inappropriate conditionality group and losing out financially. This Early Warning System bulletin looks at where the DWP is going wrong and how advisers might help claimants in this situation.

Back to school special - free school meals, clothing grant and Best Start school age payment