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A sanction is what the DWP calls it when they reduce or stop your benefit payment for a period of time if you don’t meet certain conditions. Understand how to challenge a sanction and how to get by.
Always challenge an unfair sanction. 81% of appeals about benefit sanctions are won by the claimant.
The information in this guide applies to England, Wales and Scotland. It will also be useful for people in Northern Ireland, although there are some differences to names and processes.
A sanction is what the DWP calls it when they reduce or stop your benefit payment for a period of time if you don’t meet certain conditions. Understand what happens when you are sanctioned and how to plan ahead to avoid a benefit sanction where possible.
The information in this guide applies to England, Wales and Scotland. It will also be useful for people in Northern Ireland, although there are some differences to names and processes.
Welcome to our tool that makes it easier to ask for a PIP mandatory reconsideration. According to research, using this tool more than doubles your chances of getting the decision changed at the mandatory reconsideration stage.
Welcome to our template letter tool that makes it easier to challenge a decision about your claim for Employment Support Allowance or the limited capability for work element of your Universal Credit claim. We know that the DWP makes wrong decisions very frequently, and we want to help you to get the correct amount of benefit.
According to research, using our mandatory reconsideration tools more than doubles your chances of getting the decision changed at the mandatory reconsideration stage.
See our guide that shows you how to a appeal a Work Capability Assessment decision for more information.
Shared parenting and custody
Agreeing where your children live and how much time they spend with each parent is called sorting out ‘child arrangements’. People seem to still call it ‘child custody’ and ‘contact’ even though the law moved away from these ideas a very long time ago.
If you are having to sort out arrangements for your children, whether it is for the first time or simply a renegotiation, we have all the help you need.
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All cohabiting couples should make a cohabitation agreement. Understand why you need to make a cohabitation agreement to protect yourself and your partner, and make an agreement yourselves, quickly and cheaply, using our template agreement.
This information applies to England and Wales only.
Welcome to our tool to help you with your WCA tribunal submission.
Our tool makes it easier to challenge a decision about your child’s claim for Disability Living Allowance. It creates a letter for you to tell the DWP why they made the wrong decision. Our research shows that using this tool more than doubles your chance of getting the decision changed at this stage.
