Universal Credit
18th February 2015 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
This one-day Child Poverty Action Group course examines how the new benefit will work and the likely effect on claimants.
Topics covered include:
- the aims of universal credit;
- when and how it will be introduced;
- which benefits it will replace and which will remain;
- who will be able to claim it;
- how it will be calculated;
- claims, payments and appeals;
- conditionality and sanctions.
Practical exercises and case studies will be used to highlight the main features of universal credit, and there will be time for discussion of issues and concerns.
