Keeping Up to Date with the Welfare Benefits System During a Time of Rapid Change for Your Clients Webinar with Gary Vaux

A practice-based webinar for Property & Financial Affairs Deputies

In 2026–27, it is extremely challenging to meet Standard 4 unless deputies are fully up to date with the fast‑moving welfare benefit landscape.

The next 1–2 years will see the final rollout of Universal Credit, major changes to PIP assessment, and ongoing reforms to Employment and Support Allowance. These changes directly affect:

• P’s income
• P’s entitlement
• P’s care affordability
• P’s long‑term financial planning
• Your compliance with Standard 4

This webinar gives deputies the current, authoritative picture — and the tools to stay compliant.

Universal Credit:  who is still to be migrated from the old system and what transitional protection exists; what is happening for those in supported accommodation
Personal Independence Payment (PIP): Current assessment criteria and planned reforms, and how reviews, renewals, and backlogs affect P.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): Work Capability Assessment rules and how ESA interacts with UC migration.
The Next 1–2 Years: What’s Coming: Proposed reforms to disability benefits
Meeting OPG Deputy Standard 4: How welfare knowledge links directly to Standard 4 compliance and how to evidence best‑interests financial decisions;

Who Should Attend

• Professional Property & Financial Affairs Deputies
• Senior case managers
• Court of Protection practitioners
• Anyone responsible for budgeting, care planning, or benefit management for P