September 2024

New statutory instrument The Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/166) introduce arrangements for the payment of disability assistance in the form of pension age disability payment. […]

The House of Commons has met its promise to distribute hundreds of copies of a book about Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “bureaucratic violence” to MPs, just as Labour’s

Guidance on claiming Universal Credit if you’re a student Last updated 12 September 2024 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-and-students

From 7 September 2024 the health assessment provider, in relation to Universal Credit, in Scotland is Maximus. If you need to discuss your appointment time, contact Maximus.  Guidance: Work Capability Assessment

Support to be rolled out across Scotland People seeking work who are disabled or have long-term health conditions are to be offered help from a dedicated employability adviser. The initiative

This is the latest in our series of reports on the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) managed migration programme, where people are moving from older benefits to universal credit

This report (which is funded by abrdn Financial Fairness Trust) looks at the psychological harms caused by public sector debt collection practices, particularly for those with mental health problems. It

Report 12 September 2024 Poverty and financial hardship of unpaid carers in the UK Carers UK and WPI Economics have published a new report which reveals the scale of poverty amongst unpaid carers in

Government data shows most of those who do not claim their pension credit will miss out under means-testing About 780,000 pensioners who need the winter fuel payment will lose out

Click here  824 KB to download the full report – or you can find a summary below. Click here to access an editable Google doc version of the report. Benefit deductions mean that people receive