claimants

June 5, 2019

New user-led Commission to reform Social Security is launched

The Commission on Social Security led by Experts by Experience aims to set out how the government could make the welfare benefits system better.
May 3, 2019

High Court finds Universal Credit migration arrangements unlawful

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Universal Credit migration arrangements for those who previously received the Severe Disability Premium and moved onto Universal Credit before 16 January 2019 are unlawful.
May 1, 2019

Universal Credit claimants 'left in the dark about their entitlements'

Universal credit claimants are routinely in the dark about how much they should receive, how their awards are calculated and if and how they can challenge DWP decisions, because communications with claimants are opaque and inadequate, new analysis from the Child Poverty Action Group finds.
March 29, 2019

NAO report on the DWP 'Supporting disabled people to work'

The number of claimants each work coach is responsible for is expected to increase from around 130 to over 280 as more people move onto Universal Credit.
March 15, 2019

Four times expected number of Wonga compensation claimants

Treasury Committee asks whether the Financial Services Compensation Scheme should be widened to protect customers of high-cost short-term lenders and those of firms that later go bust.
March 8, 2019

Appeal Court breakthrough for disabled EU benefit claimants

Two disabled people who moved to the UK from other EU countries have won an important Appeal Court case which entitles them to disability-related benefits in the UK from shortly after they arrived rather than having to wait two years.
November 23, 2018

Government must delay vote on next phase of Universal Credit, says Committee

The Work and Pensions Committee says "major areas of concern" about the Government's plans remain.
November 7, 2018

Universal Credit claimants take national petition to Downing Street

The petition will be presented by a couple who spent several weeks living in a tent after moving on to Universal Credit, surviving on £4 a day between them.
November 6, 2018

New Universal Credit regulations 'a missed opportunity for reducing risk to claimants'

The government will not move people on existing benefits over to universal credit automatically.
November 1, 2018

Universal Credit claimants in Scotland offered flexibility

Nearly half of people claiming Universal Credit in Scotland have chosen for their payments to be paid in a different way when offered the choice by the Scottish Government.