Your quick reference guide to regulations, guidance and case law
Basic conditions
Basic conditions of entitlement
Carers
Carer element
Children and childcare
Child and disabled child elements
Childcare
Two child policy
Claims and payments
Advances
Appointees
Benefit cap
Initial claims
Notifying changes of circumstances
Overpayment recovery
Payments
Conditionality and sanctions
Claimant commitment
Hardship payments
Sanctions
Work-related requirements
Decision making and appeals
Appeals
Revisions
Supersessions
Suspension and termination
Deductions
Deductions
Housing costs element
Bedroom tax
Calculating housing costs element for owner occupiers
Calculating housing costs element for renters
Housing cost contribution
Liability for housing costs
Income and capital
Assessment of earned income for employees
Assessment of self-employed earnings
Capital
Unearned income
Limited capability for work
Assessing capability for work
Transfer from legacy benefits
Migration to universal credit
Managed migration
Migration of tax credits claimants over state pension age
Natural migration
Transitional provisions
Mixed-age couples
Conditions of entitlement
Notional income
No work-related requirements
Overlapping entitlement with pension age benefits
Receiving education
Treated as having LCW or LCWRA
Residence
Residence rules
Students
Entitlement to universal credit for students
Transitional protection for students under managed migration
Treatment of student income
Work-related requirements for students
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