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From CLSPs to CLACs - Local Government and Legal Aid - Stephen Hynes, Chair of Legal Action Group (LAG)

ESA appeals - Neath Port Talbot Welfare Rights Unit

Fit for Purpose - A Guide to Completing the ESA50

Time Limits and Appeals - Bob Chapman & Paul Smith, Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council

Poverty and Welfare Rights - Denbighshire Anti-Poverty and Welfare Rights Unit

Welfare Rights Advice in Difficult Times - Neath Port Talbot Welfare Rights Unit

Benefits and the election: policies past and present - Clive Martin, Ferret Information Systems

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Employment and Support Allowance - Tom Messere and Alan Markey, NAWRA committee

Tax credits for people from abroad (notes and slides) - Mark Willis, CPAG Scotland

DWP self-service and the Benefits Adviser calculator - Lynda Satterthwaite, DWP Self-Service Project

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Independent Review Service - Karen Manuel, Independent Review Service for the Social Fund

First tier Tribunal Reform - still accessible and informal? - Phil Hanns and Jennifer Fournier, Durham County Council

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Employment and Support Allowance – where are we now?  - Judy Stenger, Neath Port Talbot Mind/Maggie’s South West Wales, and Tom Messere, Swansea Social Inclusion Unit

Tackling Fuel Poverty – the Neath Port Talbot experience – Gill Capaldi, Team Leader, Rotherham Autism Communication Team

Child Poverty, Welfare Reform and Take-up Potential – Ruth Hession and Nel Coles, Swansea Social Inclusion Unit

Benefits Advice and Future Planning – Gareth Morgan, Ferret Information Systems

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Claiming Benefits for Disabled Children and their Families - Rotherham Welfare Rights

An introduction to Autistic Spectrum Disorders – Gill Capaldi, Team Leader, Rotherham Autism Communication Team

Volunteering and the impact on benefits – Aaron Barbour, linksUK Research & Policy Manager

The DWP Change Programme – Stephen Holt, Director for Change Management, Department for Work and Pensions

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Tribunal Reform - Mark Rowland, Commissioner

Macmillan Cancer Support - Tommy Gorman

Performance Indicators for Welfare Rights Advice - NAWRA working group

Employment and Support Allowance - Alan Markey, Citizens Advice Specialist Support, and Tom Messere, Swansea Social Inclusion Unit

Welfare Reform Green Paper - Jim McKenny, Kirklees Council

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Periodicity and pay week-ending changes - David Sobczak, Jobcentre Plus

Employment and Support Allowance - Phil Bartlett, DWP

Local Housing Allowance - Sarah Clarke, CPAG

Research into health-based welfare rights advice for Age Concern England - Neil Bateman

The Costs of Compliance - Fran Bennett and Mike Brewer, Oxford University

Medical services for the DWP - Atos Healthcare

Housing Benefit fraud interviews - Colchester Borough Council

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Kate Green, CPAG Director - notes from speech to NAWRA AGM

Tax Credits:  Appeals, disputes & the new COP26, Victoria Todd, Low Incomes Tax Reform Group

Disability Equality Duty, Emma Allen, RNID

Finance report

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Tribunal Reform, Jessica Burns, Regional Chairman, SSCSA

Role and remit of the Social Security Advisory Committee, Gill Saunders, SSAC

Going to the Commissioners, Mark Perlic, Wolverhampton City Council

Social Security Advisory Committee fact sheet

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Employment and Support Allowance, Angela Toal ,CPAG

The new Personal Capability Assessment, Alan Markey, Citizens Advice (thanks to Simon Osborne, CPAG)

Local Housing Allowance, Nancy Fowler, Edinburgh Welfare Rights

Reduced Earnings Allowance, Patrick Hill, Bolton Welfare Rights

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