https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/news/item/work-and-pensions-secretary-introduces-new-universal-credit-and-personal-independence-payment-bill-in-the-commons above-inflation increases in the universal credit standard allowance for the tax years 2026/2027 to 2029/2030 (Part 1);reducing the rates of the limited capability for work and work-related activity (LCWRA) element for new claims for the tax year 2026/2027 (Part 2);for 2026/2027, providing for entitlement to a higher rate of the LCWRA element, equal to…
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Pathways to Poverty: How planned cuts to disability benefits will impact the people we support
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…
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…
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…
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.
Supplementary submission to Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry into safeguarding vulnerable claimants
https://www.nawra.org.uk/2024/11/supplementary-submission-to-work-and-pensions-committees-inquiry-into-safeguarding-vulnerable-claimants/ Following NAWRA’s previous submission for the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into safeguarding vulnerable claimants, we were invited to submit a supplementary submission to the new Committee who have reopened the inquiry. We were asked only to raise new issues so focused on –
ESA claimants who migrate to universal credit should no longer be asked to supply a fit note or have conditionality applied
As detailed in rightsnet, https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/news/item/esa-claimants-who-migrate-to-universal-credit-should-no-longer-be-asked-to-supply-a-fit-note-or-have-conditionality-applied Mr Couling told today’s Move to UC stakeholder meeting that, as a result of feedback received, the online claim process now includes a question asking the applicant if they are currently in receipt of ESA, thereby automatically including the information on the system. Mr Couling added that the fix only…
Completing the Implementation of Universal Credit
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-11-12/hcws205 DWP will steadily increase the number of migration notices being sent to people receiving ESA over the next months and are aiming to issue 63,000 migration notices each month from February, sending the final notices in early December 2025 and fully moving people to Universal Credit and closing legacy benefits by the end of…
Health-related benefit claims have risen substantially across every part of England and Wales – but there is little evidence of similar trends in other countries
https://ifs.org.uk/news/health-related-benefit-claims-have-risen-substantially-across-every-part-england-and-wales The number of working-age people getting health-related benefits in England and Wales has increased significantly since 2019: from 2.8 million (7.5% of the working-age population) in 2019–20 to 3.9 million (10% of the working-age population) in 2023–24 – growth of 38% in just four years. Over this period, real-terms spending on health-related benefits in…
Universal Credit Rates For 2024/2025
The 2024/2025 Universal Credit basic standard rate for adults over 25 is now £393.45 per month for singles and £617.60 per month for couples. If you’re under 25, this benefit is now worth £311.68 per month for singles and £489.23 per month for couples. Before housing costs, costs for children and sickness, and childcare costs.