Add search termRemove termCount: 41 – 50 of 416 results12345678910Previous | Next UC, wages and monthly assessment periods nowAfter the recent unsuccessful conclusion of a court case which sought to chip away at a problematic aspect arising from the universal credit (UC) monthly assessment period, Claire Hall provides a round-up on where things stand.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 290 (October 2022) Universal credit: conditionality cranks upNew rules and new plans in universal credit (UC) mean an increase in conditionality for significant numbers of working claimants. Simon Osborne explains.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 290 (October 2022) Cost of living – payments and benefitSimon Osborne describes the arrangements for the making of additional payments to benefit and tax-credit claimants to help with steep rises in the cost of living.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 289 (August 2022) Universal credit, mental health and reasonable adjustmentsEmily Williams and Dee Lynch explore the duty on the DWP under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for disabled claimants.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 289 (August 2022) Universal credit for young people without parental supportJessica Strode looks at rules regarding entitlement to universal credit for 16-17 year olds and under-21 year olds who are ‘without parental support’.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 289 (August 2022) Universal credit managed migration - the age of discoveryOwen Stevens reviews the background to the current plans to ‘managed migrate’ recipients of legacy benefits to universal credit.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 289 (August 2022) Adult disability paymentJon Shaw looks at the new benefit which will replace personal independence payment (PIP) in Scotland.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 288 (June 2022) Benefit changes for Afghans and UkrainiansHenri Krishna reviews residence rule and other changes for people leaving Afghanistan and Ukraine.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 288 (June 2022) Catalogue of errors - when an incorrect benefit decision is due to official errorMartin Williams considers when a decision ‘arose from official error’ and can therefore be revised at any time.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 288 (June 2022) Fuel deductions and benefitFuel 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.Publication:Welfare Rights Bulletin, Issue 288 (June 2022)