Kinship carers and benefits – an update
Make sure you are up to date with how recent benefit changes and current issues impact on kinship carers.
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Make sure you are up to date with how recent benefit changes and current issues impact on kinship carers.
Universal credit (UC) changes all the time, as the law is updated, tribunals and courts interpret the law, and it is implemented in practice.
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
This experienced level course looks in detail at the social security rights of EEA nationals in the UK.
This course looks at the universal credit (UC) rules that particularly affect ill or disabled people.
The work capability assessment (WCA) test dominates employment support allowance (ESA) and universal credit (UC) in relation to sick claimants.
Some claimants receiving ‘Legacy’ benefits under the old rules may elect to ‘jump ship’ early onto universal credit (UC) because they think it is better for them, or because they have been en
Around 6 million people have claimed universal credit (UC), but several million are still on Legacy benefits.
Social security law and tax credit law can change from day to day and advisers need to keep abreast of developments to advise their clients correctly.
Judicial review is an essential tool for challenging decisions that affect benefit and tax credit claimants where there is no right of appeal.
This two-morning
To successfully challenge a benefits decision understanding where it fits within this decision making machinery can make all the difference to questions such as: