Couples where one is aged below the qualifying age for Pension Credit will have to claim UC until the younger person reaches that age. Support for people with disabilities in UC is given subject to tests of work capability that follow those in Employment and Support Allowance. I’ve been trying to understand how that would […]

The government have published the first detailed draft regulations for Universal Credit and is formally consulting the SSAC about them. I’ve started building the detail into our Future Benefits Model (FFBM) and there are substantial changes to previous announcements. Some of them are simplifications, such as the earnings disregard rules now discarding the formula for […]