**FULLY BOOKED**People in Scotland are now moving to universal credit through the managed migration process. This seminar is for advisers to learn about the latest developments and share tactics on how best to help clients manage the move. We will consider how to make the most of opportunities to maximise income and look at issues that particularly affect people in Scotland.This seminar covers:The latest on the managed migration journey and transitional protectionTactics for helping clients make a successful move to universal creditHow targeted income maximisation makes people better off before and after migrationEffective advice for particular groups eg, students and kinship carersLegal strategies when the law is not protecting rightsSeminar leadersLuke Albarran is a welfare benefits team leader at North Bristol Advice CentreAlison Gillies is a welfare rights worker with CPAG in Scotland and an author of CPAG’s Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook and the Children’s Handbook Scotland.Claire Hall leads on CPAG’s test cases and is Head of Strategic Litigation.Angela Toal is a welfare rights worker with CPAG in Scotland’s Benefits for Students in Scotland service. She is an author of CPAG’s Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook and the Benefits for Students in Scotland Handbook.Mark Willis is a welfare rights worker with CPAG in Scotland’s Tax Credits and Early Years service. He is an author of CPAG’s Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.This in-person seminar will be held in University of Strathclyde, Technology Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD. Registration will be from 12.30pm with the seminar starting at 1pm and closing at 4pm.
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