By refusing to properly consult on its plan to cut billions from disability benefits, the government is choosing not to ask questions it doesn’t want the answers to. The cuts will have a devastating impact on disabled people (and their children), sending hundreds of thousands into poverty, and many more into deeper poverty. This will…
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Work won’t cut it: income from employment and benefits for disabled people
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publications/work-wont-cut-it-income-from-employment-and-benefits-for-disabled-people/ This briefing presents analysis of how incomes for disabled people would change, if cuts to Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit were introduced today and the people affected were able to move into paid employment. In many cases, people would see only a small increase in income by working full-time – and in some…
Saving penalties.
Reforming the capital rules in Universal Credit
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/saving-penalties/ Means-tested benefits in Britain are built on the principle that individuals with significant financial resources should use those before turning to the state for help. That’s why wealth – as well as income – is assessed when determining eligibility and entitlement levels for means-tested support. But while income means-testing has been widely studied and…
Shake up to welfare system
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/biggest-shake-up-to-welfare-system-in-a-generation-to-get-britain-working Since the pandemic, the number of working-age people receiving PIP has more than doubled from 15,300 to 35,100 a month. The number of young people (16-24) receiving PIP per month has also skyrocketed from 2,967 to 7,857 a month. Over the next five years, if no action is taken, the number of working age…
As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the department will prompt Universal Credit claimants to confirm whether they have had a change in circumstances that might affect their claim.
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-03/34940 To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to require periodic redeclaration of circumstances every six months for Universal Credit claimants from April 2025. As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the department will prompt Universal Credit claimants to confirm whether they have had a change in circumstances that…
Turning the tide
What it will take to reduce child poverty in the UK
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/turning-the-tide/ On the Government’s headline measure of relative poverty after housing costs, 4.3 million children (three-in-ten) were living in relative poverty across the UK in 2022-23. On an international measure accounting for both housing and energy costs, the UK’s relative child poverty rate is higher than in any EU or EFTA nation bar Greece. On…
Universal Credit Migration Notice – Migration Notices
https://www.turn2us.org.uk/get-support/information-for-your-situation/universal-credit-migration-notice/migration-notices If you have received a Universal Credit Migration Notice letter, reading this guide will help in understanding your next steps.
Tax Credits Closing
There are less than two months left until the Tax Credit Service closes on 5 April. No more payments for Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit will be made after this date, and Universal Credit will be the main benefit for people who need financial support. Most people getting Tax Credits should…
LHA remains unchanged for 25/26. (UC maximum housing element)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-local-housing-allowance-rates-2025-to-2026 For Brighton and Hove, this remains, BRMA SAR 1 Bed 2 bed 3 bed 4 Bed Brighton and Hove £586.61 £920.00 £1,200.00 £1,450.00 £2,000.00
Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment, April 2019 to September 2024
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-work-capability-assessment-statistics-april-2019-to-september-2024/universal-credit-work-capability-assessment-april-2019-to-september-2024 This is a quarterly release of Official Statistics on the number of people on UC with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work, the number of Work Capability Assessment (WCA) decisions made for UC, and the outcomes of these WCAs.