Next steps on addressing Carer’s Allowance overpayments announced

The Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance takes its next step to supporting unpaid carers by [...]

Means-tested support for people approaching and beyond state pension age

This IFS Pensions Review report sets out issues with the current means-tested benefit system for [...]

Constituency data: Pension Credit claimants

Explore constituency-level data on state pensioners claiming Pension Credit in Great Britain using our interactive [...]

From Pillar to Post: Barriers to dealing with deductions from Universal Credit

New research from the Public Law Project, authored by Jagna Olejniczak, has revealed the harmful impact of [...]

Uprating Local Housing Allowance

Local Housing Allowance (LHA) is the mechanism by which Housing Benefit (HB) and the Universal [...]

Why scrapping the household benefit cap is vital for families, children and survivors of abuse

123,000 households are impacted by the benefit cap across England, Wales and Scotland,1 although the Scottish [...]

Health-related benefit claims post-pandemic: UK trends and global context

Individuals in the UK with health conditions may be entitled to two types of benefits [...]

Disability Price Tag 2024

Life costs more if you’re disabled. This report by Scope uses data from the Family [...]

Government support extended to help struggling households with bills and essential costs over winter

Millions of vulnerable people to receive help this winter as the Work and Pensions Secretary [...]

Cliff edges and precipitous inclines

The interaction between Universal Credit and additional means-tested help for working claimants. Drawing on the [...]