Read the latest social welfare news from around the UK.
Get Briefing3 and others- Covid-19 Coronavirus Benefit Changes
Click below for our latest Briefing on Benefit change.
Covid-19- Coronavirus Briefing3 Government Income Replacement Schemes
Finalised Benefits Rate Poster for 2020/ 2021
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Coronavirus- Increase in UC Standard Allowances for All
There will be extra increases in the Universal Credit monthly Standard Allowances (for 1 year only) from April 2020 for clients on UC-
single under 25 - £342.72(£256.05) single 25 and above - £409.89(£323.22) couple under 25 - £488.59(£401.92) Couple 25 and above - £594.04(£507.37)
Coronavirus- Sizeable Increases in Local Housing Allowances for HB/UC
Claimants on HB or UC in the private rented sector will see increases in their Local Housing Allowances from April 2020. For most they will get more beneft. One exception might be where the client is affected by the Beneft Cap. Click here to view your Local Authority.
Coronavirus- Benefit Appeals
Click here to see what the Tribunals Service is saying about appeals during the outbreak.
They are looking to use telephone and video(skype) hearings-
Coronavirus-Disability Benefits– No Reassessments
The Government says 'We are automatically extending all awards and reassessments for health and disability benefts to provide that reassurance to those in receipt of them...there will be no new reviews or reassessments across all benefts for three months – this includes Universal Cred
From our Member's Area
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Covid-19- Coronavirus Benefit Briefings
Benefits are changing quickly with the Covid- 19 Coronavirus outbreak. It's difficult to keep up to date.
Please click on the links below to access two briefings to help you advise your clients. We aim to keep these updated.
Course Delivery Postponed until September 2020
Following the Government’s current advice concerning covid-19/ coronavirus, we have postponed scheduled courses until at least September 2020. We will be in touch with those of you who have booked pre course to confim this and offer credit notes. We will monitor the situation as it progresses.
COVID-19 UPDATE
Learn to Accurately Calculate UC
Give your clients a clear idea of how much Universal Credit they should be due in any assessment period.
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Prompts to help you build expertise.
Updated by us over time as Law and practise changes.
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Universal Credit extras
Advance Payment Extension of Repay Period-
'To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to bring forward to date to extend the repaymentperiodforuniversalcreditadvancesto16monthsfromOctober2021.(NO)
Did you Know?Universal Credit - Statistics
Following a claim, once an individual has signed their commitment agreement and had their identity verified among other criteria, clients are deemed to have started on Universal Credit.
Govt. Spent £100,000s to Resist Paying UC to Disabled
The cost to the public purse of legal challenges to her Department's policy to remove (a) severe disability premium and (b) enhanced disability premium payments from claimants transferring to Universal Credit has been revealed.