Social security benefits

New and updated

• Could universal basic income ever take off in the UK?

  Date:

  22 May 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Universal basic income has been described as everything between a utopian ideal and "dangerous nonsense", but with a trial due to take place soon with local authorities in Scotland, how likely is it that it could become a reality in the UK? Jo Faragher investigates.

• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the Employment and Support Allowance rates in force from 9 April 2018.

• Personal independence payment (PIP)

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the personal independence payment rates in force from 9 April 2018.

• Income support

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the income support rates in force from 9 April 2018.

• Industrial injuries disablement benefit

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the industrial injuries disablement benefit rates in force from 9 April 2018.

• Jobseeker's allowance

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the jobseeker’s allowance rates in force from 9 April 2018.

• Working and Child Tax Credit

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the Working and Child Tax Credit rates in force from 6 April 2018.

• Working Tax Credit (WTC)

  Type:

  Employment glossary

  Definition from the XpertHR glossary.

• Child Tax Credit (CTC)

  Type:

  Employment glossary

  Definition from the XpertHR glossary.

• ECJ decision on job-seekers' allowance

  Date:

  14 October 2005

  Type:

  Law reports

  On 15 September 2005, the European Court of Justice ("the ECJ") gave its decision in Office national de l'emploi v Ioannis Ioannidis (C-258/04).