Universal credit - housing costs
Universal credit (UC) claimants often have difficulties getting the housing costs element included in their claim and having the right amount paid on time.
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Universal credit (UC) claimants often have difficulties getting the housing costs element included in their claim and having the right amount paid on time.
Entitlement to social security is determined by whether or not a claimant meets the legal rules relevant to the benefit in question. Similarly, the processes that must be followed.
This course is aimed at frontline advisers supporting claimants in work and for advisers supporting claimants back into work.
This one-day standard level online course looks at the universal credit (UC) rules that particularly affect ill or disabled people.
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.
To successfully challenge a benefits decision understanding where it fits within this decision making machinery can make all the difference to questions such as:
This experienced level course looks in detail at the social security rights of EEA nationals in the UK.
This course is essential for anyone who wants to challenge decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) effectively.
Universal credit (UC) claimants often have difficulties getting their Housing Costs element included in their claim and having the right amount paid on time.
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
This standard level course offers an opportunity for advisers to gain knowledge