July 2024

Enhancing occupier engagement through improved communication and advice Author: University of Southampton Overview The loss of a home through eviction, and subsequent consequences, can be financially and emotionally devastating. The […]

Post Legislative Scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 aims to tackle, report on and measure child poverty in Scotland. It sets out specific targets

CPAG Scotland has published the first Debt Advice Handbook Scotland and the online version is free!

For too long, too much emphasis has been given to sticking plaster policies but not to social transformation I suppose I identify mostly with those who are leading a drifting and

Questions are being raised about the fairness of using automated tools to distribute benefits Problems with the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) digital universal credit (UC) system are disproportionately

Plans to tighten the Work Capability Assessment from 2025 We are writing to you today, as leading organisations that represent or are comprised of disabled people and people with serious

Martin Williams at CPAG is wondering how advisers are getting on with attempting to get the First-tier Tribunal to expedite hearings in universal credit appeals where the claimant is destitute

CPAG Scotland is currently recruiting welfare rights advisers to interview as part of our new research project, Strengthening Social Security Scotland: Research into Scottish child payment, Best Start foods and

Ruth Patrick and Sharon Wright highlight the positive lessons that the rest of the UK can learn from Scotland’s more flexible and empathetic approach to social security.   As the UK gears up for

The Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024 The Disability Assistance for Older People (Consequential Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland)