https://www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-research/publications/report/hunger-in-the-uk-2025 This research sets out compelling evidence that despite falling inflation, there has been no progress on hunger in the UK. There are concerning signs that the levels of hardship people are facing are deepening, and severe hardship is becoming entrenched in communities across the UK. Three separate reports sit alongside this publication exploring Hunger…
Big day for #UniversalCredit
https://x.com/NeilCouling/status/1965768015938748780?s=19 Big day for #UniversalCredit. The final migration notices were issued to ESA claimants today – all now have had the call to claim UC. Important all do that before the provisions of the Universal Credit Act 2025 come into effect in April.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether existing claimants of Employment Support Allowance, who leave the social security system and later need to return to claim (a) Employment Support Allowance and (b) Universal Health, will be considered new claimants.
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/71743 Answered on5 September 2025 Customers who leave the social security system and later need to return to claim New Style Employment Support Allowance or the Universal Credit health element will be considered new claimants, unless they stopped receiving Universal Credit as a result of increased earnings and then return to payment within six months….
Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget will take place on 26 November
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/03/rachel-reeves-autumn-budget-tax-increases Rachel Reeves acknowledged that the UK economy is “not working well enough for working people” as she announced that her second budget will take place on 26 November, amid mounting speculation over tax increases. The later than usual date will probably lead to weeks of speculation about how the Treasury will raise additional revenue…
Not so Universal: the two-tiered health element. How the Universal Credit Bill will create a two-tiered system for disabled people.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publications/not-so-universal-the-two-tiered-health-element-how-the-universal-credit-bill/ The government’s decision to remove cuts to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) from the Universal Credit Bill (UC bill) was the right call. However, damaging and unjustified cuts elsewhere in the health and disability benefits system have been overlooked. The UC bill will have a devastating impact on disabled people and their families. An estimated…
Welfare reform: health-related and disability benefits
Keep up-to-date with the main changes
https://cpag.org.uk/welfare-rights/whats-new/welfare-reform-health-and-disability-benefits Keep up-to-date with the main changes included in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, the Universal Credit Bill and the Employment Rights Bill, affecting personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA), jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) and statutory sick pay (SSP), including proposals for PIP health assessments, work capability assessments, and…
Private sector rental prices continue to rise at 5% in Brighton and Hove.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/privaterentandhousepricesuk/august2025
The top 10 Local Authorities (LAS) with the least affordable rents
https://x.com/ONS/status/1957363371197563272?t=_jbNLvhXXcBIbGCJX__qDg&s=19 The top 10 Local Authorities (LAs) with the least affordable rents were all in London. The least affordable LAs outside London were urban centres – Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Brighton and Trafford, or LAs with high numbers of London commuters – Sevenoaks and Watford. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/privaterentalaffordabilityengland/2024
Welcome to AI Law and Legal Training
https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/course/index.php?categoryid=2150 Welcome to AI Law and Legal Training AI Law and Legal Training is a collection of eight free courses funded by UKRI Responsible AI, and in partnership with Citizens Advice and academics at The Open University and the University of Lincoln. The courses have been developed with support from lawyers at Fieldfisher, Mishcon de…
Since 2013, private rents in Great Britain have increased by 54 per cent
Since 2013, private rents in Great Britain have increased by 54 per cent, but Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates have increased by just 36 per cent. Nearly half of privately renting families on Universal Credit are facing shortfalls between their rent and Local Housing Allowance.