Category: Members

The Social Security Advisory Committee recently ran a consultation on government proposals for moving claimants to universal credit from other working age benefits, known as ‘managed migration’. Thanks to all the NAWRA members who contributed to our survey of members views and to Daphne for drafting our submission. NAWRA has been invited to a DWP meeting about managed migration in October 2018 where we will have another opportunity to make members voices heard.

The Work and Pensions Committee is holding an inquiry into universal credit. On 4 July 2018, NAWRA’s vice chair Daphne Hall gave oral evidence to the Committee on the problems with the rollout of universal credit, particularly for disabled people. NAWRA has followed this up with further written observations and recommendations on disability and universal credit for the Committee.  

NAWRA has sent an email to the Director General for the Universal Credit Programme, Neil Couling, to highlight the concerns reported by NAWRA members in universal credit full service areas. In particular, we have raised the problems experienced by claimants applying for new-style ESA in a full service universal credit area and also the ongoing errors in the natural migration from ESA to universal credit. Update 6 Aug 2018: We’ve received a reply from Neil Couling.  He asks for details …

Operational problems in universal credit full service areas – NAWRA’s letter to Neil Couling Read more »

NAWRA has written to the chair of the Public Accounts Committee Meg Hillier MP to draw her attention to our correspondence earlier this year with Neil Couling, Director General for the Universal Credit Programme. We wrote to Neil Couling about specific major problems within the operation of universal credit.  His response did not engage with our concerns and refused to address circumstances where UC is not operating as it should. In the Public Accounts Committee evidence session on 9 July …

PAC evidence session with Neil Couling and Peter Schofield 9 July 2018 – ‘listening to stakeholders’ Read more »

The Public Accounts Committee is holding an inquiry into universal credit. NAWRA recently submitted written evidence to the committee.  Many thanks to everyone who contributed with their evidence about the problems with UC.